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Corporal R NELSON

Service Number: 236115
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

VIII. A. 78.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Ann Nelson, of 4, Spencer St., Nunnery Lane, York.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST IN THE SUNSHINE OF GOD'S PERFECT DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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