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Allan Alfred Neilson |
Allan Alfred Neilson
CWGC:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Air Force, 12th Squadron
Date of Death: 23rd August 1918
Age: 19
Buried: Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval
Additional Information: Born at Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Son of Allan and Jeannie Nielson, 18 Aitken Street, Dennistoun.
SNWM:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Air Force, 12th Squadron
Date of Death: 23rd August 1918
Place of Death: France
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
London Gazette, 30th July 1918, Issue 30821, Page 9014
The undermentioned Cadets are granted temporary commissions as Second Lieutenants (Observer Officers):
27th July 1918 – Allan Alfred Neilson
Glasgow Herald, 28th August 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’
Neilson. Died of wounds on 23rd August, Allan Alfred Neilson, Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, aged 19, beloved second son of Mr and Mrs Alan Neilson, 18 Aitken Street, Dennistoun.
Service Record:
Allan Alfred Neilson, 18 Aitken Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Attested at Glasgow 21st August 1917, Cadet, Royal Flying Corps, No. 100696.
Age 17 years 364 days. Height 5 feet 6 ½ ins. Hair Fair. Eyes Blue.
Next of Kin: Father, Allan Neilson, 18 Aitken Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Selected to undergo a course of instruction in an Officer Training Corps, Royal Flying Corps
Joined Royal Flying Corps 13th November 1917
Transferred to Reserve Depot, Royal Air Force 1st April 1918
Discharged from Royal Air Force on appointment to Temporary Commission 26th July 1918
Royal Air Force, Airmen’s Record:
Allan Alfred Neilson, No. 100696
Born 30th August 1899. Height 5 feet 6 ½ ins. Hair Fair. Eyes Blue. Clerk
Enlisted Royal Flying Corps, 9th November 1917
Transferred to Royal Air Force, 1st April 1918
Next of Kin: Father, Allan Neilson, 18 Aitken Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Commissioned 26th July 1918.
Royal Air Force, Officer’s Record:
Allan Alfred Neilson, No. 100696
Born 20th August 1899.
Next of Kin: Father, Allan Neilson, 18 Aitken Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Appointments & Promotions: Training Second Lieutenant/Officer Observer, 27th July 1918
(London Gazette 30th July 1918, 9014)
Died of Wounds 23rd August 1918
Falkirk Herald, 7th September 1918, ‘Bonnybridge Officer Dies of Wounds – Lieutenant Allan A. Neilson, R.A.F.’
Lieutenant Allan Alfred Neilson, Royal Air Force, a native of Bonnybridge and second son of Mr. & Mrs Allan Neilson, who resided in Bonnybridge for a number of years, died from wounds sustained in action on 23rd August. The following is an extract from a letter received from his Major conveying the sad intelligence: “I deeply regret to tell you that your son, Lieutenant Allan Alfred Neilson died of wounds received in action on the 23rd August 1918. He went up at 9.55 a.m. Twice he was attacked by enemy aeroplane. The first time your son drove them off with his machine gun but the second time one machine detached itself from the others and got underneath your son’s machine and opened fire, very badly wounding him in the head. The pilot brought the machine back to the aerodrome. Your son never regained consciousness and died a few hours after. Lieutenant Neilson, who was in his 19th year, had only been in France five days and this was his first was flight. Mr. & Mrs. Neilson are at present residing at 18 Aitken Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Allan A. Neilson, Royal Air Force, 18 Aitken Street, Dennistoun
Listed on Bonnybridge Memorial: 2nd Lieutenant Allen A. Nelson
1901 Census, Living at Springfield Cottage, Denny
Father Allan Neilson, age 35, Commercial Clerk, born Milliken Park, Renfrewshire
Mother Mary Jane Neilson, age 29, born Derbyshire, England
Children: Allan A. Neilson, age 7, born Bonnybridge
Clarissa? Neilson, age 4, born Bonnybridge
George Neilson, age 3, born Bonnybridge
Listed on 1911 – 1914 & 1921 - 1937 Glasgow Electoral Roll: (Father) Allan Neilson, Traveller, 18 Aitken Street, Glasgow.
