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| Casualty No.: |
290 |
Ranks: |
Able Seaman (Signaller) |
Initials: |
N |
Service No.: |
Tyneside Z/6616 |
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| Date of Birth : |
- |
Place of Birth : |
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Age at Death: |
21 |
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| Unit: |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Anson Bn, Royal Naval Division. |
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| Place Enlisted: |
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| Place of Residence: |
Hedgefield, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Home Address: |
13 High Hedgefield Terrace, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Previous Address: |
56 Thomas Street, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Civilian Employment: |
Printer |
| How Died: |
Killed in action |
| Date of Death: |
Thursday 24th May 1917 |
| Place of Death: |
Gavrelle-Oppy Wood trenches, France. |
| Battle/Campaign: |
Battles of Arras, France, 1917. Second Battle of the Scarpe, 23rd-24th April 1917.
188th Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, XIII Corps, First Army.
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| Locally Commemorated: |
Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Ryton Social Club, Roll of Honour, Cross House, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham (the son of a club member).
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| UK Commemorated: |
Wesleyan Methodist Church War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Overseas Commemorated: |
- |
| Buried: |
St. Catherine British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. D 29. |
| Decoration and Medals: |
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| Photographs: |
1 |
| Service Records: |
No |
| Death Notice/Obituary: |
Blaydon Courier, page 8, 16th June 1917. |
| Family Details: |
Son of James and Annie Pearson, of 13 High Hedgefield Terrace, Co. Durham. |
| Notes : |
Nelson enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 11th August 1915. Whilst in action he sustained shell wounds. He received a fractured right forearm, wound to right side of neck, compound fracture of tibia and fibula and a fractured skull.
It is recorded that on the16th December 1915, 3rd Reserve Bn at Blandford, he did knowingly make a false declaration of the purpose of obtaining separation allowance. 14 days detention was the punishment.
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| Sources Used: |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. |
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