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Sapper WILLIAM ROBERT NELSON

Service Number: 97485
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

91st Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. H. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and the late Maggie Nelson, of North Queen St., Belfast; husband of Margaret Nelson, of 71, Seaview St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DADDY, HIS YOUNG LIFE GAVE FOR OTHERS MAGGIE, TILLIE, SAM NELSON
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 673
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