Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Zachariah and Elizabeth A. Wilson. The 1911 census records for 118, Logan Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Zachariah Wilson, head of the family and married for 26 years, a Bricklayers Labourer, born 1864 in Canning Town, London and his wife Elizabeth A. born 1865 in Great Easton, Leicestershire, also Gertrude, daughter, single and a Hosiery Machinst, born 1887, Julia, daughter, single and a Hosiery Winder, born 1891, William, son, single and a Hosiery Staking Maker, born 1895, Frank, son and a Schoolboy, born 1899, the latter four children were all born in Market Harborough, Leics., Louisa, daughter, single and a Hosiery Cock Maker, born 1893 in Dundee, Scotland, Violet, daughter and a Schoolgirl, born 1901, Lilley, daughter and a Schoolgirl, born 1903 and George, son and a Schoolboy, born 1906, the latter three children were all born in Market Harborough, Leics.