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Rifleman A E NELSON

Service Number: R/31883
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 22.

France

Needs cleaning. I Will clean ASAP

Photographer: Luke Whinham

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Photographer: Luke Whinham

Private Walter Kindon Date of Death: 22/02/1941 ID: 2402101 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 169. Grave 78.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Headstone

Photographer: D England

Leading Seaman John Lester Date of Death: 10/11/1945 ID: 2402103 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 225. Grave 25.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Flight Lieutenant George Albert Long Date of Death: 02/10/1944 ID: 2402104 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 163. Grave 67.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Compt. 195. Grave 77.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Lance Bombardier James Alfred MacDonald Date of Death: 17/07/1941 ID: 2402106 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 141. Grave 3.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Faded service number

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Gunner Robert Milburn Date of Death: 19/05/1943 ID: 2402108 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 226. Grave 71.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Flying Officer John Naylor Date of Death: 05/08/1944 ID: 2402109 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 135. Grave 32.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Corporal Jack Needler Date of Death: 20/09/1946 ID: 2402110 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 227. Grave 45.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Acceptable but I will clean on my next visit

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Driver William Noble Date of Death: 30/07/1944 ID: 2402111 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 202. Grave 13.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Marine James Alfred Ounsworth Date of Death: 04/02/1943 ID: 2402113 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 231. Grave 39.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Compt. 217. Grave 30. Hull Eastern Cemetery

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Compt. 157. Grave 79. Hull Eastern Cemetery

Photographer: Sarah Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Bombardier GD Rustill Date of Death: 03/02/1947 ID: 2402119 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 229. Grave 70.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Compt. 128. Grave 81. Hull Eastern Cemetery

Photographer: Sarah Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Gunner Joseph Sims Date of Death: 09/12/1943 ID: 2402122 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 201. Grave 39.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Compt. 227. Grave 89.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Compt. 187. Grave 55. Hull Eastern Cemetery

Photographer: Adrian Dodsworth

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Lance Serjeant Cornelius C Spavin Date of Death: 04/04/1943 ID: 2402125 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 201. Grave 20.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

PM broken and fallen headstone, still legible but laying on the ground

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Private Thomas Thomson Date of Death: 04/11/1947 ID: 2402127 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 229. Grave 65.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Compt. 186. Grave 67. Hull Eastern Cemetery

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Seaman George Albert Walker Date of Death: 10/12/1939 ID: 2402129 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 229. Grave 40.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Private Percy Walker Date of Death: 19/04/1943 ID: 2402130 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 171. Grave 26.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Able Seaman George Webster Date of Death: 07/04/1947 ID: 2402132 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 165. Grave 86.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Compt. 168. Grave 32.

Photographer: Sarah Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Aircraftman 2nd Class James William White Date of Death: 18/03/1945 ID: 2402135 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 317. Grave 80.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Ordinary Seaman Gordon Dennis Willard Date of Death: 25/05/1947 ID: 2402136 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 136. Grave 8.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

CAS ID 2402138

Photographer: UKNA

Compt. 197. Grave 35.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Compt. 184. Grave 12. Hull Eastern Cemetery

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Compt. 166. Grave 48.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Ordinary Seaman Gordon Dennis Willard Date of Death: 25/05/1947 ID: 2402136 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 136. Grave 8. Trooper John Jack Wood Date of Death: 25/07/1944 ID: 2402142 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 289. Grave 38.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Compt. 225. Grave 17.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Corporal Leonard Woodford Date of Death: 27/02/1945 ID: 2402144 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 202. Grave 61.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

RAF crest very weathered hard to see. All other details legible. Needs cleaning. Will clean on next visit

Photographer: Luke Whinham

Aircraftman 1st Class Clifford Wright Date of Death: 31/12/1941 ID: 2402145 Hull Eastern Cemetery Compt. 142. Grave 13.

Photographer: Joseph Shepherd

Good

Photographer: Luke Whinham

CAS ID 2402162

Photographer: UKNA

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Nelson, of 2, Alexandra Mews, St. John's Wood, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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