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BORN 3 April 1886
DIED 8 April 1918 AGE 32
VC Won 1 September 1914 AGE 28
Place VC Won Nery, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name David Nelson No. 33419
VC Issue No. 538 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, 'L' Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Deraghland, Stradnnoden, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Place Of Death 58 Casualty Clearing Station, Lillers, Pas de Calais, France
Buried/Location Ashes Lillers Communal Cemetery & Extension, 7 miles north-west of Bethune, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot V, Row A, Grave 16
Gazetted 16 November 1914
VC Presented 13 January 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Lillers Communal Cemetery & Extension, 7 miles north-west of Bethune, Pas de Calais, France
Memorial, First Ballybay Church, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Memorial at Ballybay Church Hall, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
P Blue Plaque, Cahans Presbyterian Church, Nr Stranooden, Co Monaghen, Ireland
By The Way…
Wounded during his VC action, he was captured at the field hospital, but escaped by horse a few days later
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
Thank you to Tony Goddard for some of the photos
Thank you to Les McKeague for photo of Cahans Blue Plaque
