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Major DAVID NELSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"D" Bty. 59th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

V. A. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Victoria Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of the late George and Annie Nelson; husband of A. J. Jessie Nelson, of 92, Ranelagh Rd., Ipswich. Native of Deraghland, Co. Monaghan, Ulster. Gained "V.C." while serving with "L" Bty. R.H.A. on Sept. 1st, 1914.
  • Personal Inscription HIS NAME A GREAT EXAMPLE STANDS A MEMORY DEAR
  • Additional Citation note

    An extract from the "London Gazette" (No. 28976, dated 13th Nov., 1914), records the following-"Helping to bring the guns into action under heavy fire at Nery on 1st September, and while severely wounded remaining with them until all the ammunition was expended-although he had been ordered to retire to cover."

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