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Corporal JOHN NELSON

Service Number: 2126834
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

16 Bomb Disposal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 28 February 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALLIWELL (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

Sec. N.B. Grave 207.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Andrew and Elizabeth Alice Nelson, of Bolton; husband of Evelyn Nelson, of Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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