Regiment: Royal Scot Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Address
Narrative
7 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
22/02/1918
       
Aged
20
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 […]