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Surname: NELSON
Forename(s): Leonard
Place of Birth: Cantsfield, Lancashire
Service No: 28067
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Border Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Coy 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1917-08-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. H. 20.
CWGC Cemetery: DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HIGH BENTHAM, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: TUNSTALL, LANCASHIRE
Additional Information:
Leonard Nelson was the son of Jacob and Eleanor Nelson, née Bargh. Both of Leonard's parents were born at Cantsfield, Lancashire. Leonard was the cousin of Private Fred Slinger Nelson (42761) (q.v.) and Private Ernest Booth (200741) (q.v.).
1891 Cantsfield, Lancashire Census: Walton's Farm - Leonard Nelson, aged 6 years, born Cantsfield, son of Jacob and Eleanor Nelson.
1901 Cantsfield, Lancashire Census: Leonard Nelson, aged 16 years, born Cantsfield, son of Jacob and Eleanor Nelson.
1911 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Leonard Nelson, aged 26 years, born Cantsfield, Lancashire. [Leonard was boarding with James and Jane Jackson.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Leonard Nelson, 3232, Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry & 28067, Border Regiment.
A short biography of Leonard is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WILSON [NELSON], Leonard, [Bentham], Border Regt., died of wounds, Aug. 25, 1917.
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Private Leonard NELSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Border Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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