Military service
Service number:
54340
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
December 31, 1890
Death:
October 13, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. I. 3.
Additional information
Brother of Private Thomas Nelson, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William Nelson
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clipping
Served with the 106th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles) CEF. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Circumstances of Death Card: "Killed in Action" Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private William Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private William Nelson
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 30 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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