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Harold Nelson

In memory of:

Corporal Harold Nelson

May 22, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

186649

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

27th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 28, 1897
Bergsch, Norway

Son of John and Inga Nelson, of Caithness, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 477 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. F. 4.

Location:

Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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