822 Trooper William Thomas Willson, 2nd Kings Edwards Horse

1879 Born Jul/Sept Trumpington, Cambs

1881 census

1891 cenus at Cherry Hinton, Cambs

He then disappears until 1914

1914 Sep enlisted

1915 May 4 Landed France

1917 Jan 24 Entered hospital with "NYD" (not yet diagnosed) for 4 days befor being transferred out

1918 Jun 20 married

1919 Mar 1. Shot himself with a service rifle at the Military Barracks, Kilkenny. Aged 39 (from GRO entry)

Irish GRO ref for death cert. Vol 3. p 396. Not available online

After the death of William, Pauline remarried and became Mrs Rushbrook, and lived in New Zealand.There is a half page article on his death and inquest in the Kilkenny Moderator and Leinster Advertiser,

 Cemetery:     Kilkenny (St John) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kilkenny.

British Soldiers died in Ireland