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Private JOHN THOMAS NIXON

Service Number: 1635
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. G. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Martha Nixon, of 2, Nixon Buildings, Dudley, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription THE WORD FREEDOM IS WRITTEN IN THE BLOOD OF HEROES
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Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2139
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