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Plumber's Mate WILLIAM HENRY NELSON

Service Number: M/11866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Vivid."

Date of Death

Died 07 March 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY

Church S. 3. 7.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Chapman (formerly Nelson), and the late John Nelson. Born at Polruan, Fowey, Cornwall.
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Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2068
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