11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
21/06/1917 (Died of Wounds)
Age:
Summary
Joseph Nelson was born in Upperlands. Joseph Nelson enlisted in Glasgow. Private Joseph Nelson was serving with the 11th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds on 22nd June 1917. Private Joseph Nelson (26365) and Private Samuel Nelson (26366), with consecutive soldier numbers with the 11th Inniskilling Fusiliers, both from Upperlands, seem to have enlisted together in Glasgow. It is suspected that that they are brothers, but no conclusive evidence has been found as yet.
Further Information
Joseph Nelson was born in Upperlands.
Joseph Nelson enlisted in Glasgow.
Private Joseph Nelson was serving with the 11th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds on 22nd June 1917.
Private Joseph Nelson is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension. Bailleul is a large town in France, near the Belgian border, fourteen kilometres south-west of Ypres.
Private Joseph Nelson (26365) and Private Samuel Nelson (26366), with consecutive soldier numbers with the 11th Inniskilling Fusiliers, both from Upperlands, seem to have enlisted together in Glasgow. It is suspected that that they are brothers, but no conclusive evidence has been found as yet.
