I'd appreciate it if anybody can add anything please ! In Memory of Private RICHARD B. WILSON 805607, 136th Bn., Canadian Infantry who died age 49 on 19 March 1917 Son of the late Thomas and Jane Wilson, of Hornby, Ont.; husband of Mary Ann Wilson, of Ridout St., Port Hope, Ont. Remembered with honour PORT HOPE WELCOME UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY Richard Bloomfield Wilson enlisted with the 136th Battalion at the Port Hope 21 March 1916. He was beyond the military age and therefore his spirit was all the more commendable for undertaking a duty which did not necessarily fall upon him. He trained with his unit in Port Hope, Barriefield and Valcartier, going overseas in September 1916. Being a carpenter by trade, he was connected with the Pioneer section of his battalion. In England he was transferred to a Forestry Battalion where he did good work and was placed in charge of a Section. His health soon broke down and he was invalided home. He died in the Toronto General Hospital in March 1917 and was buried in Welcome Cemetery, Port Hope.
