Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Milford Nelson) in card envelope of issue, Buckingham Palace and Government of Canada enclosures, good very fine £40-£50

Milford Nelson was born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada in October 1897. Prior to the war he farmed with his father in Penticton, British Columbia. Nelson served during the Great War in Canada with the 2nd Depot Battalion, British Columbia Regiment. Private Nelson died of illness, 21 April 1918, and is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia.