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Private JOHN NELSON

Service Number: 47306
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

"B" Coy. 17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 November 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY

I. C. 6.

Poland

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie and Samuel Nelson; husband of Margaret Annie Nelson, of 29, Shaftesbury St., Chorlton-on-Medlock. Born in Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 473
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