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Wednesday 07 Jul 1897
Brigadier Nelson Russell CB DSO MC
Nelson Russell was born in Lisburn on 7 July 1897 and educated at Campbell College, Belfast. He was gazetted into the Special Reserve of Officers of the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers as a Second Lieutenant (on probation) with effect from 3 April 1915. He then joined the 1st Battalion in July 1915 for service in France and Belgium.
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On this day
07 July
Wednesday 07 Jul 1897
Brigadier Nelson Russell CB DSO MC
Nelson Russell was born in Lisburn on 7 July 1897 and educated at Campbell College, Belfast. He was gazetted into the Special Reserve of Officers of the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers as a Second Lieutenant (on probation) with effect from 3 April 1915. He then joined the 1st Battalion in July 1915 for service in France and Belgium.
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07 July
Wednesday 07 Jul 1897
Brigadier Nelson Russell CB DSO MC
Nelson Russell was born in Lisburn on 7 July 1897 and educated at Campbell College, Belfast. He was gazetted into the Special Reserve of Officers of the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers as a Second Lieutenant (on probation) with effect from 3 April 1915. He then joined the 1st Battalion in July 1915 for service in France and Belgium.
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