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Military service
Service number:
696985
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
January 28, 1886
Death:
March 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. J. 20.
Additional information
Son of Alexander T. and Annie A. Neilson, of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private William Alexander Neilson
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Letter
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Condolence letter
Condolence letter to the family from the Company Commander -
Circumstances of death
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Condolence letter 2
Condolence letter from the Prime Minister and Parliament. -
Telegram
Notification of death telegram to the family. -
Memorial Cross
The reverse of William Neilson's Memorial Cross. From a private collection. -
Frederiction War Memorial
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Inscription
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Private William Alexander Neilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Neilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Neilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Neilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Neilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Neilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Neilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Neilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 300 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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