Keith Howard Nelson Image

Name

Keith Howard Nelson

Born

1925-05-04

Birth Place

Occupation

Dispatch rider

Died

1945-08-06

Death Place

England

Death

Killed in motorcycle accident in England while on duty.

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

B116386

Highest Rank

Trooper

Conflict

Battalion

Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1943



Artefacts, Photographs & Resources

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Notes

Resided in Arran Township, ON. Son of Howard and Ida May Nelson, of Allenford, Ontario, Canada.




Sources & Links

- a) “Nelson, Keith” obituary, Bruce County Genealogical Society Surname Collection
- b) Shoreline Beacon (insert), 8 November 2000; c) "Trooper Keith Nelson Killed in Accident Overseas." Tara Leader 16 August 1945: p.1
- d) Royal Canadian Legion, Ontario Command. “Military service recognition book, volume III.” Fenety Marketing, 2016. Print.
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Find a Grave