Lieutenant-Commander John Skinner Wilson (10 March 1884 – 31 May 1916) was a Trinidad-born rugby player, who represented Scotland, United Services RFC and London Scottish FC.

John had two brothers: the elder, Major Harry Stuart Wilson (born 1883), passed out of Sandhurst in 1902, and was killed in action on 9 September 1916 on the Western Front serving as Commanding Officer with the Royal Munster Fusiliers; his younger brother, Eric Ronald Wilson, survived the War as a captain in the Black Watch, and earned the Military Cross.

[2][3] Wilson signed up as a navy officer cadet at Britannia Royal Naval College on 15 September 1898, and on 14 January 1900 was gazetted midshipman aboard HMS Canopus, on which he served for three years.

[6] He served in the submarines for six months, before joining HMS King Edward VII, the flagship of Sir Arthur May.

On 31 May 1916, the ship was engaged in the Battle of Jutland, and blew up and sank after coming under fire from SMS von der Tann.