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Military service
Service number:
261417
Age:
43
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
July 16, 1874
Death:
August 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Jane Nelson, of Lucknow, Ontario, and Andrew Nelson.
Digital gallery of Private William Nelson
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Inscription
Inscription on the Vimy Memorial, France<P> Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private William Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private William Nelson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 300 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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