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Surname: NELSON

Forename(s): John

Place of Birth: Westhouse, Yorkshire

Service No: 335947

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion

Division: 15th (Scottish) Division

Age: 26

Date of Death: 1918-10-09

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 10.

CWGC Cemetery: LIEGE (ROBERMONT) CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

John Nelson was the son of William and Hannah Nelson, née Richardson. William was born at Bentham and Hannah at Camshouse, near Hawes, Yorkshire.

1901 Garsdale, Yorkshire Census: Tod Hole - John Nelson, aged 8 years, born Westhouse [near Thornton-in-Lonsdale], Yorkshire, son of William and Hannah Nelson.

1911 Garsdale, Yorkshire Census: Garsdale Foot - John Nelson, aged 18 years, born Westhouse, Yorkshire, son of William and Hannah Nelson.

John died as a prisoner of war in Belgium.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John Nelson, 9187 & 335947, Royal Scots.

John is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.

A short biography of John is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Private John NELSON

Private John NELSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 15th (Scottish) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 15th (Scottish) Division

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Surname: NELSON

Forename(s): John

Born: Burton-in-Lonsdale, Cumberland

Residence: Sedbergh, Yorks

Enlisted: Bradford

Number: 335947

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

Battalion: 9th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 09/10/18

Died How: Died

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

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Surname: NELSON

Forename(s): John

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 335947

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Scots

Unit: 1st/9th Bn.

Age: 26

Awards:

Died Date: 09/10/1918

Additional Information: Son of William and Hannah Nelson, of Garsdale Foot, Sedbergh, Yorks.

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‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (1 March 1919)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

DIED WHILST PRISONER OF WAR

NELSON – Died in the hands of the Germans on October 9th, 1918, at Luttich War Hospital, Germany, of intestinal catarrh, 335947 Pte. John Nelson, 1/9th Royal Scots, dearly beloved son of William and Hannah Nelson, of Garsdale Foot, Sedbergh, aged 26 years.

Sadly missed by all at home.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (11 October 1919)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

NELSON – In loving remembrance of Pte. John Nelson, Royal Scots, who died October 9th, 1918.

We had looked for him returning,
And longed to clasp his hand;
But God has postponed our meeting,
Till we meet in the better land.

From father, mother, brothers and sisters. Garsdale Foot, Sedbergh.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (20 December 1919)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TABLET

A service was held in the Sedbergh Wesleyan Chapel on Sunday evening on the occasion of the unveiling of a tablet in the chapel to the memory of the men of the Sedbergh Wesleyan circuit who made the great sacrifice during the war. The tablet was unveiled by the superintendent minister, Rev. C.H. Stanley, in the presence of a crowded congregation, and he preached a sermon appropriate to the occasion. Suitable hymns were sung, and the choir sang the chorus, ‘No shadows yonder,’ from Gaul’s ‘Holy City.’ Mrs. Stanley sang ‘These are they which came out of great tribulation,’ a solo from the same work. The Dead March in ‘Saul’ was played by Mr. H.C. Trotter. The tablet is of white marble, and bears the following inscription:–‘Roll of heroes in the great war, 1914-1919. Sedbergh Wesleyan circuit. To the glory of God and in grateful memory of William E. Armer, 7th Border Regt.; Fred Bushby, Royal Engineers; Stephen E. Handley, 2nd South Staffs.; Thomas E. Haresnape, Royal Engineers; William Mason, 13th Batt. King’s Own Yorkshires; George Middleton, 4th Australian Pioneers; John Nelson, Royal Scots; Walter Sanderson, Duke of Wellington’s; Robert E. Seddon, 11th Border Regt.; John Winn, 16th Lancashire Fusiliers. Who have given their lives for their country. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

1920

NELSON John of Garsdale foot Sedbergh Yorkshire private Royal Scots regiment died 9 October in Belgium Administration (with Will) Wakefield 14 April to William Nelson farmer. Effects £254 6s. 9d.

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The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

Right hand panel - Top row (l-r): Private Richard Winn, Private John Burton. Second row (l-r): Private John Nelson, Gunner Robert Matthew Fothergill. Third row (l-r): Private Robert Edward Seddon, A/Corporal Herbert Park. Fourth row (l-r): Gunner John Cyril Hindson, Private Charles James Sisson

Three-panel oil-painting, courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup

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