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Private PERCY HAROLD NELSON

Service Number: 52879
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS

IV. A. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Miriam Nelson, of 50, Mickleton Rd., Earlsdon, Coventry.
  • Personal Inscription ABSENT FROM THE BODY PRESENT WITH THE LORD 2 COR.V.8
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Buried or commemorated at

CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS
Nord France
Number of casualties: 742
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