6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
23/06/1944 (Unknown)
Age:
23
Summary
James Craig Nelson was the son of James and Margret Nelson. He was born about 1921. James Nelson served with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in World War Two. Fusilier James Craig Nelson was killed on 23rd June 1944 in the Battle of Sanfatucchio. Rifleman Merron was killed on Pucciarelli Ridge. The CWGC record Fusilier James Craig Nelson as the son of James and Margret Nelson of Upperlands.
Further Information
James Craig Nelson was the son of James and Margret Nelson. He was born about 1921.
James Nelson served with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in World War Two
Fusilier James Craig Nelson was killed on 23rd June 1944 in the Battle of Sanfatucchio. Rifleman Merron was killed on Pucciarelli Ridge.
Fusilier James Craig Nelson is buried in Orvieto War Cemetery. The cemetery was established as a battlefield cemetery by the 78th Division in the middle of June 1944, during the first heavy fighting north of Rome. The burials, with only one exception, date from the period 14th June – 4th July 1944.
Rifleman Daniel Merron, who came from nearby Dreenan in Gulladuff, was also killed on Pucciarelli Ridge in the same battle.
The CWGC record Fusilier James Craig Nelson as the son of James and Margret Nelson of Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
