William Grainger Wilson, 1919 - 2013
Grainger Wilson lived at the Hackney Almshouses for Disabled Soldiers & Sailors for 27 years, much of this time as Chairman of the Disabled Soldiers & Sailors Foundation.
He fought with the 1st Bt. Middlesex Reg in the Western Desert and was wounded at El Alamein and again in Tunisia. In later life he was a devoted supporter of the Scout movement in Hackney.
has this: "A plaque is due to be placed on the home of a former tenant of DSSHF, William Grainger Wilson (1919 - 2013) who was a former treasurer and chairman and on his death in May 2013, was still an active Vice Chairman. His story can be seen in the book A Hundred Years of Housing Heroes, please see page 12 for details."
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