RIFLEMAN SAM NEILSON

DIED GALLANTLY

Rifleman Sam Neilson
War Graves Certificate

Shortly after receiving notification that their fifth son, Rifleman Samuel Neilson, was presumed to have been killed in Italy, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Neilson, of 23 Spawd Bone Lane, Knottingley, received a letter from his commanding officer conveying sympathy of all who were his companions during the action in which he died so gallantly.

"His courage and cheerfulness under fire,'' said the letter, "were an example to all, and he is a serious loss to the battalion."

"Your son was killed during the long and bitter fighting which has brought us from the Gothic Line to the plains of Italy.  I am certain that our success has brought us nearer the end of the war."

Rifleman Neilson who was 26,was educated at the Kings School, Pontefract, and was a keen footballer and cricketer.  Before joining the Army 5 years ago, he worked at the Knottingley Chemical works.  Two brothers, Harry and Thomas, are in the Army and two sisters Mary and Annie, are in the A.T.S.

Copied From The Pontefract and Castleford Express 1944

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