Lieutenant WILLIAM HORACE VERE NELSON
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
10th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 08 July 1916
Age 20 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info King George's Coronation Medal (1911). Son of P. W. and Gertrude Nelson, of "West-Minster", Hindhead, Surrey. Joined the Army on the 5th August, 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on the 17th Sept., 1914. Native of Hoddesdon, Herts.
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