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Company Serjeant Major CHARLES NEILSON

Service Number: 2284
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY

I. F. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Christina Neilson, of 7, Station Rd., Ellon, Aberdeenshire. His brother, Rolland M. also fell.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 574
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