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The information displayed here is at the time of death.
William was born in 1891 in South Shields. He was the only son of marine engineer, Edward Wylie, and his wife, Amy. He was educated at Westoe Secondary School, Harton, South Shields from the age of 12, and left in December, 1906, only to return the following September for a further two years, leaving in 1909 at the age of 18 to attend Armstrong College. He went back to Westoe Secondary School to work as a teacher, as well as Dean Road Boys' School, again in South Shields.
William was gazetted as Second Lieutenant to the York and Lancaster Regiment, 3rd Battalion on 27th October 1914. He was promoted to Lieutenant in March 1915. While attached to the 1st Battalion in Belgium in May 1915, William went missing near the town of Hooge. He was later reported as killed, having died of his wounds on 10th May 1915 aged 24.
William is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
William is also commemorated on a plaque remembering pupils of Westoe Secondary School (now installed in Harton Technology College).
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)
UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)
http://www.boyshighschool.co.uk/thepast/wartime/ww1/info/wylie_ws.htm
North East War Memorials Project.
Sophie Anderton, Ian Johnson, Jake Wall