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Serjeant JAMES NELSON

Service Number: 40301
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

7th/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT

VIII. D. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Nieve and Elizabeth Nelson, of 1, Trevelyan Place, Pencaitland, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAS ANSWERED HIS CAPTAIN'S CALLS SADLY MOURNED
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Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3187
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