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Lance Corporal HERBERT WILLIAM NELSON

Service Number: 230510
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUMMIT TRENCH CEMETERY, CROISILLES

I. B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William and Elizabeth Nelson, 16, Ethelden Rd., Shepherd's Bush, London.
  • Personal Inscription LORD ALL PITYING, JESU BLEST GRANT HIM THINE ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

SUMMIT TRENCH CEMETERY, CROISILLES
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 74
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