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Corporal THOMAS CROMPTON NELSON

Service Number: Deal/3513(S)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

R.M. Medical Unit, R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

II. B. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of George and Annabelle Nelson, of Scarborough.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED UNTIL THE DAWN BREAKS & SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 494
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