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Sydney New South Wales [11]

Carlisle, Cumberland [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ardara, Co Donegal [2]

Auckland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Belfast [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Boort Victoria [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Inglewood Victoria [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Morgan South Australia [2]

North Adelaide South Australia [2]

Northumberland [2]

Redfern New South Wales [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

South Yarra Victoria [2]

Tanunda South Australia [2]

Uralla New South Wales [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Antram [1]

Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [1]

Athlone, Westmeath [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ballyshannon, Co Donegal [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beaconsfield Victoria [1]

Belmont Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bewcastle, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Birch Rigg, Ettersgill, Forest-in-Teesdale, County Durham. [1]

Birch Rigg, Ettersgill, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [1061]

Gunner [120]

Corporal [78]

Driver [75]

Serjeant [69]

Sapper [53]

Lance Corporal [41]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Captain [29]

Lieutenant [26]

Pioneer [22]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Bombardier [15]

Acting Corporal [14]

Major [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sister [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Saddler [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Worker [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Commander [2]

Deck Hand [2]

General [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2]

3rd Writer [1]

AA [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [137]

Labour Corps [133]

Royal Engineers [110]

Army Service Corps [95]

Royal Garrison Artillery [76]

Machine Gun Corps [68]

Northumberland Fusiliers [62]

Royal Army Medical Corps [59]

Durham Light Infantry [51]

North Staffordshire Regiment [49]

Manchester Regiment [38]

Liverpool Regiment [36]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Border Regiment [30]

London Regiment [29]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Royal Naval Division [26]

Cheshire Regiment [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Lincolnshire Regiment [24]

Highland Light Infantry [23]

Rifle Brigade [22]

Royal Irish Rifles [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

West Riding Regiment [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Royal Scots [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

East Lancashire Regiment [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Army Cyclist Corps [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Service

British Army [1596]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [185]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140]

Royal Navy [119]

Australian Imperial Force [98]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [2197]

D [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2150]

Merchant Navy [40]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [11] Carlisle, Cumberland [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ardara, Co Donegal [2] Auckland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Belfast [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Boort Victoria [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Inglewood Victoria [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Morgan South Australia [2] North Adelaide South Australia [2] Northumberland [2] Redfern New South Wales [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] South Yarra Victoria [2] Tanunda South Australia [2] Uralla New South Wales [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Albert Park Victoria [1] Antram [1] Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [1] Athlone, Westmeath [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ballyshannon, Co Donegal [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Beaconsfield Victoria [1] Belmont Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bewcastle, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Birch Rigg, Ettersgill, Forest-in-Teesdale, County Durham. [1] Birch Rigg, Ettersgill, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [1061] Gunner [120] Corporal [78] Driver [75] Serjeant [69] Sapper [53] Lance Corporal [41] Second Lieutenant [36] Captain [29] Lieutenant [26] Pioneer [22] Acting Serjeant [15] Bombardier [15] Acting Corporal [14] Major [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Rifleman [4] Sister [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Saddler [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Worker [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Commander [2] Deck Hand [2] General [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2] 3rd Writer [1] AA [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [137] Labour Corps [133] Royal Engineers [110] Army Service Corps [95] Royal Garrison Artillery [76] Machine Gun Corps [68] Northumberland Fusiliers [62] Royal Army Medical Corps [59] Durham Light Infantry [51] North Staffordshire Regiment [49] Manchester Regiment [38] Liverpool Regiment [36] Royal Fusiliers [31] Border Regiment [30] London Regiment [29] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Royal Naval Division [26] Cheshire Regiment [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Lincolnshire Regiment [24] Highland Light Infantry [23] Rifle Brigade [22] Royal Irish Rifles [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] West Riding Regiment [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Royal Scots [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] East Lancashire Regiment [19] Leicestershire Regiment [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] Royal Scots Fusiliers [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] King's Own Scottish Borderers [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [13] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Army Cyclist Corps [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Tank Corps [12] Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Service

British Army [1596] Canadian Expeditionary Force [185] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140] Royal Navy [119] Australian Imperial Force [98] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [2197] D [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2150] Merchant Navy [40] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1]

James Nixon

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 12280 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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George Samuel Nixon

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76827

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A Nixon

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261237

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Robert Edward Nixon

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57547

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John Nixon

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275560

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James Nixon

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45730

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William Nixon

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288332

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John Nixon

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79148

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Thomas William Nixon

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76974

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Thomas Nixon

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135253

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Lewis Nixon

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army 35655 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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William Walter Nixon

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45044

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Arthur Graham Nixon

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187907

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Norman Arthur Nixon

Born 1898

Died 1935

British Army 29438 Private Dorset Regiment

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William Leith Nixon

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 7072 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242759 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242759 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2/6th Battalion

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Harry Nixon

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 16859 Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 16859 Corporal Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army 16859 Corporal 12/Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Francis Heston Nixon

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262796

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Kirsopp Nixon

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116183

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Alexander Nixon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402939

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Alfred Nixon

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260178

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