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Private JOHN ASQUITH ATKINSON NELSON

Service Number: 52727
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XLVIII. B. 11.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Lauckland Nelson and Margaret Nelson, of 12, Cranford Avenue, Sale, Cheshire. Native of Bispham, Blackpool.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 11978
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