Harrogate Herald - 20th January 1915

Private G N Nelmes, eldest son of Mr and Mrs G Nelmes, of Knaresborough, is the first Knaresborough man to have died from sickness whilst on active service. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in September, and was attached to the 35th Field Ambulance at Hillsborough Barracks, Sheffield. He contracted a chill, pneumonia and bronchitis developing, and he died suddenly on Friday. His father was an old soldier, having served 28 years in the Royal Army Medical Corps.