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Captain THOMAS ARTHUR NELSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lothians and Border Horse

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

VII. G. 26.

France

Famous Sportsmen, Rugby: headstone of Captain T A Nelson in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France

Photographer: Unknown

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Machine Gun Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Three times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Nelson and Jessie Kemp Nelson; husband of Margaret Balfour Nelson Maze, of Achnacloich, Connel, Argyll. Born at St. Leonards, Edinburgh. Scottish Rugby International.
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