BORN HULL 1886. SON OF HENRY STEVEN NELSON ELIZA (GOULD) NELSON, OF 1 BLUE BELL YARD, WEST STREET, HULL. WIFE ANNIE & TWO CHILDREN, LIVED AT 44 WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL AND 29 RIPON GROVE, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A BRASS FINISHER. HE HAD SERVED FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS. HE HAD BEEN GASSED, INJURED BY LIQUID FIRE AND HAD TRENCH FEVER. HE HAD RETURNED FROM LEAVE A FORTNIGHT AGO, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/12/1917, AGED 30. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/02/1918. *
First name:
WILLIAM ROBERT
Military Number:
770906
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
05/12/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
30
