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Able Seaman JOHN WILLIAM NELSON

Service Number: R/4073
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Nelson Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 27 December 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-PLOUICH COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 43.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Sarah Nelson, of 4, Spencer St., Nunnery Lane, York; husband of Rosmond Nelson, of 16A, Oxford St., Holgate Lane, York.
  • Personal Inscription HEARTS THAT HAVE LOVED CAN NEVER FORGET FROM HIS LOVING WIFE & DAUGHTERS
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