We remember William Nelson

We remember William Nelson

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Timeline

Timeline

1880
location 461 St Georges Road Glasgow United Kingdom parents address Source:6990548 1880
1880
birth Glasgow United Kingdom Source:6984694 4th July 1880
1901
employment Hackney Driver Glasgow United Kingdom Source:7655880 1901
1901
location 202 Parliamentary Road, Glasgow United Kingdom Source:7655880 1901
1905
marriage Maggie McGuire Source:6991168 6th January 1905
1914
enlistment Bridgeton, Glasgow United Kingdom Source:6979384 18th September 1914
1917
theatres Egypt :4 Source:7615256 25th July 1917
children Susan Dade Nelson Source:7615256
children Charles Calder Nelson Source:7615256
children John Nelson Source:7615256
children William Nelson Source:7615256
service British Army Private 2544 Highland Light Infantry Source:3221358
service British Army Private 361572 Labour Corps Source:3221358
service British Army Private 2544 52nd Division Highland Light Infantry Source:7615256
theatres Gallipoli :2b Source:6979825
1965
death Dundee United Kingdom Source:7617594 28th July 1965
sibling Charles Calder Nelson Source:6990548
sibling Janet Brydon Nelson Source:6990548

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William
Initials W
Last Name Nelson
Source 3221358
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
202 Parliamentary Road, Glasgow United Kingdom 1901
461 St Georges Road Glasgow United Kingdom parents address known 1880
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 2544 Highland Light Infantry Private
British Army 361572 Labour Corps Private
British Army 2544 52nd Division Highland Light Infantry Private
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John Nelson son
William Nelson son
Charles Calder Nelson son
Susan Dade Nelson daughter
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Susan Nelson ms Dade mother
John Nelson father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Charles Calder Nelson brother
Janet Brydon Nelson sister
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Maggie McGuire wife 6th January 1905

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William Nelson (#2544) Douglas39672
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HLI Recruitment Card ( reverse view) Douglas39672
Postcard of hospital ship H.M.H.S Mauretania Douglas39672
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Birth Certificate- William Nelson Douglas39672
William Nelson 1881 Census Douglas39672
William Nelson marriage certificate Douglas39672
Postcard from Rothesay to William Nelson Douglas39672
William Nelson Family Bible Entry Douglas39672
1901 Census Transcription Douglas39672
Forgotten Scottish Voices from the Great War Douglas39672
PC sent home from Jaffa Douglas39672
PC to son William from Jericho Douglas39672
PC sent home Douglas39672
Postcard from Salonika Douglas39672
PC showing Flowers of Mount Hermon Douglas39672

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