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Sergeant JAMES NELSON

Service Number: 1002811
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PRESTON (NEW HALL LANE) CEMETERY

Sec. D.D. R.C. Grave 591.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Frances May Nelson; husband of Mary Nelson, of Preston.
  • Personal Inscription WE CANNOT LORD THY PURPOSE SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

PRESTON (NEW HALL LANE) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 508
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