Private William Nelson

Private William E. Nelson, 11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment ( Prince of Wales’s Own ). He died in France on 10th October 1916 of wounds received during the Battle of the Somme and is buried in Dernacourt Communal Cemetery Extension,nr. Albert, Somme, France. The photos show British troops on the Somme and the colour image shows a peaceful Somme landscape today.

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