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Sapper G W NELSON

Service Number: 175834
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

171st Coy.

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

IV. A. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Nelson, of 4, Ayers Yard, West Auckland, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN TILL WE MEET AGAIN FROM A LOVING MOTHER AMEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 974
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