Identity
Person No.
20775
Service No.
9227
Last Name
First Name
Horace Nelson
Initials
H N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
45
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,414
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Pearse To Ruddle photograph
Notes
Son of William and Mary Ann Pryke, of 80, Sussex Rd., late of 111, Sussex Rd., Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Pearse To Ruddle photograph". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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