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Lance Corporal JOHN NIXON

Service Number: 243021
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION

II. G. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred and Lucy Nixon, of 41, Burgess Rd., Thorneywood, Nottingham. Native of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 764
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