This is one of a series of posts to mark the international Rugby players who died during The Great War. If anyone has further information on the men concerned, I’d be most grateful if it could be added to the thread. Gareth Nelson, Thomas Arthur played for Scotland Internationals: 1 : 1898 E= Thomas Nelson was born on 1876, in St Leonards, Edinburgh, son of Thomas and Jessie Kemp Nelson; later husband of Margaret Balfour Melson Maze of Achnacloich, Connel, Argyll. Played as a Centre for: Edinburgh Academy, Oxford University (Blue 1897-1898), Barbarians (he may have been a Barbarians member, who didn’t play for the club. Profession: Publisher War service: Captain, 1st Lothians and Border Horse, attached Machine Gun Corps; Mentioned in Despatches 3 times. He was killed in action on 9 April 1917, at Arras, and is buried in Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France [Grave VII. G. 26.].
In Memory of Captain THOMAS ARTHUR NELSON Lothians and Border Horse attd., Machine Gun Corps who died age 40 on 09 April 1917 Son of Thomas Nelson and Jessie Kemp Nelson; husband of Margaret Balfour Nelson Maze, of Achnacloich, Connel, Argyll. Born at St. Leonards, Edinburgh. Scottish Rugby International. Remembered with honour FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS He's with good company he's with "Mick" Mannock ! Heres a snippet ....... Autograph - Thomas A. Nelson, Scotch International 3/4 1898 and Oxford Uni. 1897-8-9 http://www.ovalballs.com/weekly_finds_2008.htm And some more ...... http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3648&highlight=nelson&mforum=warmemscot
FYI ...... Captain Thomas Arthur Nelson1 M, #45451, d. 1917 Last Edited=23 Sep 2008 Captain Thomas Arthur Nelson died in 1917. Captain Thomas Arthur Nelson lived at Achnacloich, Connel, Argyllshire, Scotland.2 He lived at St. Leonards, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.2 http://thepeerage.com/p4546.htm#i45451
