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|Surname and forenames=Nixon Ernest | |Surname and forenames=Nixon Ernest | ||
|Army number=4459405 | |Army number=4459405 | ||
|Rank= | |Rank=Private. | ||
|Age=23 | |Date of birth=Born 1916/17. | ||
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS | |Age=23 at the time of his death. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20 | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the | ||
|Home address=Son of Ernest Story and Mary Nixon, Carlisle. | ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Auth:- WOL/SS/M/DCV/CASUALTY dated 29/4/43. | ||
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |||
|Company/Battery=C Company. | |||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |||
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman. | |||
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939. | |||
|Promotions=None known. | |||
|Wounded=Not yet known. | |||
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Grave 18, [[MERCATEL CEMETERY]]. Headstone inscription reads : LOVING MEMORIES. | |||
|Home address=Son of Ernest Story and Mary Nixon, Carlisle. | |||
|Image Name=Nixon_E_4459405_1_TS.JPG | |||
|Image Title=Pte E Nixon's CWGC headstone. | |||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:53, 16 December 2021
Personnel Entry
Name Nixon Ernest
Army number 4459405
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1916/17.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the
? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Auth:- WOL/SS/M/DCV/CASUALTY dated 29/4/43.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Grave 18, MERCATEL CEMETERY. Headstone inscription reads : LOVING MEMORIES.
Home address Son of Ernest Story and Mary Nixon, Carlisle.
Source table 1TS