Herbert Haydon Wilson, DSO (14 February 1875 to 11 April 1917) was a British officer and polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the Roehampton team, which won the gold medal. He was the youngest son of Sir Samuel Wilson of Victoria, Australia, was commissioned in the Sherwood Rangers in 1895, volunteered for service in South Africa in the Second Boer War, and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1901 for gallantry in defence of posts in the Boer attack on Lichtenburg. In 1911 he invested in the company behind the Parker expedition to Jerusalem. He was killed in action on 11 April 1917 near the village of Monchy-le-Preux in the Second Battle of Arras, serving as a captain with the Royal Horse Guards.
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Born 14 February 1875
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