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Major David Nelson VC MID.
British Army 59th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
from:Ireland
(d.8th April 1918)
David Nelson died of wounds on the 8th of April 1918, aged 31 and is buried in the Lillers Communal Cemetery in France.
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."