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Rifleman EDWARD NELSON

Service Number: 7012314
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGSTADE CHURCHYARD

Grave 106.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Ellen Nelson, of Gravesend, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY. YOUR DEAR WIFE ELIZABETH AND CHILDREN. REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGSTADE CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 12
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