BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ROBERT FRANCIS & ROSE (JENNISON) NELSON, OF 14 WORSLEY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. ATTENDED BLUNDELL STREET, BOYS SCHOOL, HULLENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE, WHEN ONLY 16 YEARS OLD. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH ROYAL SCOTS, ON ACCOUNT OF HIS YOUNG AGE. DURING ARMY SERVICE, HE WON SEVERAL PRIZES FOR BOXING. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 22/02/1919, AGED 20.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/03/1919. *
First name:
ROBERT CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
331102
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/02/1918
Place died:
Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
20
7 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
