SHERREN, Nelson L.
Database:
Name:
SHERREN, Nelson L.
Service NO.:
2458
Age of Enlistment:
18
Community:
Point Leamington, Twillingate District
Next of Kin:
Occupation:
Lumberman
Active Date:
Religion:
Methodist
Prisoner Of
War (P.O.W.):
War (P.O.W.):
Fatality:
Date of Death:
Nelson Sherren was reported missing 14 April 1917; family correspondence indicated he was seen alive as a Prisoner of War after 14 April; a memorandum, dated 2 Sept. 1919, stated a grave at Douai Communal Cemetery, France, was presumed to be Sherren's; CWGC records his death as 7 May 1917 while in enemy hands.
Discrepancy in name: Recorded as Sherran in CWGC