George Wilson VC (29 April 1886 – 22 April 1926) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details Wilson was 28 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, British Army during the First World War, during the First Battle of the Aisne, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. The medal Wilson's Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Glasgow, Scotland. He died of tuberculosis at Craigleith Hospital and is buried in Piershill Cemetery in Edinburgh. References Profile Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995) VCs of the First World War - 1914 (Gerald Gliddon, 1994) External links Location of grave and VC medal (Edinburgh) 1886 births 1926 deaths 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Military personnel from Edinburgh British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross Highland Light Infantry soldiers British Army personnel of World War I Tuberculosis deaths in Scotland British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross