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Private CHARLES WILLIAM NELSON

Service Number: G/11270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

X. B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Emma Nelson. Born at Royston, Herts.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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