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Deck Hand WILLIAM HENRY NIXON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Fishing Fleet

Steam Trawler Slasher.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CLEETHORPES CEMETERY

Sec. A.A. Grave F.18.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Dorothy Nixon, of Grimsby.
  • Personal Inscription "ABIDE WITH ME" TILL WE MEET AGAIN, DEAR. FROM LOVING MAM, DAD AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

CLEETHORPES CEMETERY
Lincolnshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 164
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