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Ordinary Seaman LESLIE RONALD NIXON

Service Number: C/JX 155547
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Adventure

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1939

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARTLEPOOL (STRANTON) CEMETERY

Plot 10. Div. B. C of E. Grave 372.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Gladys Gwendoline Nixon, of West Hartlepool. His brother Harry also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription THE VOICES OF SAILOR MEN SHALL COMFORT HIM, WHEN OTHER GREAT SHIPS GO BY
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Buried or commemorated at

HARTLEPOOL (STRANTON) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 181
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