Archibald Wilson (1890 â 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough as an outside right. He also played in the Southern League for Southend United.
Wilson initially worked in a munitions factory during the First World War, before enlisting as a private in the London Scottish in 1915. He was killed on the first day of the Somme the following year, during the attack on the Gommecourt Salient. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Southend United