BORN STAINFORTH, YORKSHIRE, 21/12/1898. ELDEST SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM NELSON (1878-1935) & ANNIE MARY BARRAS (1873-1911), OF 9, AIGBURTH AVENUE, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 9, EGGINGTON STREET, HULL.
JUST 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 103 LBS, WITH A 33 INCH CHEST, PRIMITIVE METHODIST RELIGION, FRED WORKED AS A BOATMAN, ON INLAND WATER TRANSPORT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON THE 20/02/1917. TRANSFERRED TO 52ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 1/11/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 06/12/1917. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION BETWEEN THE 25TH & 29TH MARCH 1918. COMMEMORATED AT THE POZIERES MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FREDERICK.
HIS NAME AS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL. ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, HULL.
HE WAS UNMARRIED. LEFT TWO SISTERS, SARAH & JULIA, AND TWO BROTHERS CHARLES AND WALTER. HIS FATHER REMARRIED MARY DEWS, ON 05/10/1919, AND THE FAMILY LATER MOVED TO, 2, CROSS STANLEY STREET, GOOLE AND LATER 59, EDINBURGH STREET, GOOLE.
