Nelson Brown
Service Number
267957
Military Unit
10th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
10 Oct 1917 (Age Unknown)
Place of Birth
Woodborough
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a farm labourer
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Family History
Nelson was born in 1898 in Woodborough,Nottinghamshire in the 1911 census he is shown as 13 yrs of age single and working on a farm,he is living at Sansom Wood Cottages Calverton with his father William born 1878 and mother Charlotte 1879 and also two brothers William born 1902 and Charlie born 1908
Military History
He enlisted in Hucknall into the Sherwood Foresters, he was killed in action France & Flanders on 10th October 1917 and is buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium
Extra Information
Unknown