John James Nash
Memorial: Warmley - Memorial Gardens - Stanley Road
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 201717 (formerly 5165)
Parents: Lily Nash (appears not to have married)
Marital status: Single
Home address: Station Road, Warmley, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Boot Maker
Date of birth: 1897
Place of birth: Warmley, Bristol
Date of death: 10/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Aire Communal Cemetery, France
Age: 20
Further information:
In 1901, John Nash then age 3 was a boarder with Francis and Harriet Cox who lived in Marshfield. In 1911 John lived in Warmley with a James Nash age 61, who is referred to as his uncle. However James Nash appears to be his Grandfather. Lily (or Lilly) Nash was the daughter of James Nash and can be found on all the Census entries from 1871, and never married (she had an older son Albert). In 1901 James Nash and the rest of the family lived in Warmley. Lily died in 1923.
John James Nash enrolled in Bristol and served with the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He was Died of Wounds on 10/08/1918 aged 20 or 21.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.