Difference between revisions of "Nixon Ernest Pte 4459405"

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|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
 
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|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
|Home address=Son of Ernest Story and Mary Nixon, Carlisle.  Buried Grave 18, Mercatel Communal Cemetery.
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|Home address=Son of Ernest Story and Mary Nixon, Carlisle.  Buried Grave 18, [[MERCATEL CEMETERY]].
 
|Image Name=Nixon_E_4459405_1_TS.JPG
 
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|Image Title=Pte E Nixon's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte E Nixon's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 16:16, 21 April 2018

Personnel Entry

Pte E Nixon's CWGC headstone.
Pte E Nixon's CWGC headstone.

Name Nixon Ernest
Army number 4459405
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1916/17.
Age 23
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Auth:- WOL/SS/M/DCV/CASUALTY dated 29/4/43.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Son of Ernest Story and Mary Nixon, Carlisle. Buried Grave 18, MERCATEL CEMETERY.
Source table 1TS