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William John Charles Nelson

Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1 Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1
Rank Second Engineer
Unit S.S. "Earl of Elgin" (Glasgow)
Regiment Mercantile Marine
Died 07-12-1917, age 38
Cause of death Drowned, as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine, or killed by mine
Notes Son of Robert and Elizabeth Nelson; husband of Annie Nelson (nee McArthur) of 6 Lowther St., Belfast. Born at Bognor.

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