Man’s fate in battle is worked out before the war begins.
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| Birth: | 10th November, 1882 |
| Death: | 12th April, 1977 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Physician, Writer |
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Charles Wilson was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. He is most famous for being Sir Winston Churchill's personal physician. He took his MD degree in 1913. He enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War, rising to major. He was medical officer to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers from 1914 to 1917 and medical officer in charge of the medical facilities at the British 7th Stationery Hospital in Boulogne from 1917 to 1918. He won the Military Cross in 1916 for services during the Battle of the Somme, and the Italian Silver Medal of Military Valour in 1917 and was twice mentioned in despatches. Moran's book, The Struggle for Survival is about Churchill during and after the war.
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