 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wilson akapinda Chikoro cheKilwinning cheGrade Higher uye Irvine Royal Academy uye gare gare akashanda somubhadhari muCharing Cross. Muna September 1915, rinenge gore rimwe chete pashure pokunge Britain yapinda muHondo Yenyika I, Wilson akanyoresa muArgyll neSutherland Highlanders. Akatamisirwa kuBlack Watch muna September 1915 uye akaona chiito nebato racho paSomme. Muna 1917, Wilson akagadzwa semutevedzeri wechipiri muRoyal Scots Fusiliers uye akaurayiwa nemupfuri muFlanders musi wa15 Zvita 1917. Anorangarirwa paMenin Gate. 