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13 September 2023

Hammer Price:
£130

Memorial Plaque (Robert William Willson) traces of verdigris, very fine £80-£100

Robert William Willson was born in October 1885, and was the son of Mr and Mrs W. H. Willson of Welwyn, Saskatchewan. Willson served during the Great War with the 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. He was taken prisoner of war at Vimy on 15 April 1917, and died as a prisoner of war in Germany on 30 April 1917.

Private Willson is buried in the Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.