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Able Seaman WILLIAM NIXON

Service Number: P/SSX17748
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Menestheus.

Date of Death

Died 15 February 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAWTHORN (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD

Near South wall.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Nixon and of Eleanor M. Nixon, of Hawthorn.
  • Personal Inscription "THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE, AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS"
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