Died 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Next of kin address Marchdyke Chandlers Ford Trinidad Mother Nora Kate Father Colonel Sir David KCMG More info Major and acting Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stuart Wilson, Royal Munster Fusiliers and Lieutenant Commander John Skinner Wilson, HMS Indefatigable. The brothers were killed in action in the same year, John on 31st May, Harry three months later on 9th September 1916. A tragic loss for their parents. Both brothers were born in Trinidad – Harry in 1883, John a year later in 1884 – where their father Colonel Sir David Wilson KCMG was Sub-Intendant of Crown Lands. Their mother was Nora Kate. John Skinner Wilson chose to make a career in the services, though John decided on the navy. John enrolled in the navy in September 1898. Five years later he was promoted to acting Sub Lieutenant in His Majesty Fleet, becoming a full Sub Lieutenant in 1904. John was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1912. John was a keen sportsman and played rugby union for United Services RFC and London Scottish FC and was capped for Scotland in 1908-9.