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Able Seaman LEO NEILSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Fort Poplar (London)

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (ST. SIMON, SIMONSIDE) CHURCHYARD

Grave 732.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Nicholas and Mary Anne Neilson, of South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ARE LEFT OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET. DAD, MUM, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (ST. SIMON, SIMONSIDE) CHURCHYARD
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 8
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