Major DAVID NELSON
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Field Artillery
"D" Bty. 59th Bde.
Date of Death
Died 08 April 1918
Age 31 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of the late George and Annie Nelson; husband of A. J. Jessie Nelson, of 92, Ranelagh Rd., Ipswich. Native of Deraghland, Co. Monaghan, Ulster. Gained "V.C." while serving with "L" Bty. R.H.A. on Sept. 1st, 1914.
- Personal Inscription HIS NAME A GREAT EXAMPLE STANDS A MEMORY DEAR
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the "London Gazette" (No. 28976, dated 13th Nov., 1914), records the following-"Helping to bring the guns into action under heavy fire at Nery on 1st September, and while severely wounded remaining with them until all the ammunition was expended-although he had been ordered to retire to cover."
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