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L/CPL. WILTON, ALEXANDER WILLIAM

L/Cpl Wilton, Alexander William was killed by an accident, crushed in a sandpit in which he was working, in Headley, Woking, Surrey, UK. Wilton had enlisted with the 48th Highlanders in Toronto on 10 April 1930 and attested for overseas duty with the 1st Battalion on 06 September 1939.

NOK: Son of William Harold Wilton and of Helen MacLeod Wilton (nee Bolton), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of Dorothy Wilton, of 25 Monro Street, Toronto.

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Unit(s)
48th First Bn (WW 2)
Service number
B72748
Previous unit
48th Highanders (Militia)
Date of attestation
06-Sep39
Date Taken on Strength
10-Aor-33
Date struck off strength
01-Apr-41
Fate
Killed in Accident
Date of death
25-Apr-1941
Cemetery or memorial name
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Grave or panel reference
30. E. 6.
Cemetery or memorial country
United Kingdom
Where killed or wounded
Town of Headley, Woking, Surrey, UK
Age on date of death
26
Cause of death
Accident, crushed in sandpit
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Service Records
Commonwealth War Graves Register
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