Arthur C. (Sandy) Wilson was born in England and played professional “football” for the West Bromich Albions prior to coming to Canada. Following a dispute with his father over career choices, Sandy left England and was working on a farm in Saskatchewan at the outbreak of WW1. Travelling to Saskatoon he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary force and served on the battlefields of France and Belgium. He was a veteran of the successful Canadian assault on Vimy Ridge. During his time in battle he received multiple shrapnel wounds and was also subjected to German attacks using mustard gas. Injuries resulting from those events affected him for the rest of his life.
Following the war Sandy returned to Canada and married May Weston of London England who he met while she was visiting her sister in Winnipeg. Sandy and May made their home in Osaquan Ontario for several years. It was in Osaquan that their four children were born (Grace Berry, Leila Ferguson, Margaret Mackinnon and Art Wilson). After leaving Osaquan the Wilsons spent a short time in Vermillion Bay before arriving in Dryden in 1937.
Sandy was too old for military service in WW 11 but did his bit as an OPP Officer serving in Carmeron Falls and Ignace.
Due to old wounds and injuries, Sandy eventually had to have both legs amputated and spent the last few years of his life confined to a wheel chair.
