During World War II he served in the RAF in Egypt.
[1] Nelson taught Art in a school at South Wootton, Norfolk.
[citation needed] Ruth and Edmund also had a holiday home in Selsey.
His portraits of Cambridge intellectuals, G. M. Trevelyan and E. M. Forster and cricketers such as C. B. Fry now hang in the Committee Room at Lord's.
His wife died in 1997 and Nelson spent his final years living in Surrey, where he continued to lead an active life, driving his car until 2 months before he died.