Corporal WILLIAM NEILSON
Service Number: 2872687
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Gordon Highlanders
5th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 12 June 1940
Age 36 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of James and Christina Neilson, of Ellon; husband of Gladys Neilson, of Aberdeen. His brothers Charles and Rolland, both fell serving in the same unit during the 1914-18 War.
- Personal Inscription RESTING, WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL, IN PERFECT PEACE HE AWAITS US ALL
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