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Lance Bombardier THOMAS NELSON

Service Number: 861704
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

88 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

6. E. 35.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Jane Nelson, of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Edna Nelson, of Preston.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END, HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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