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L/Cpl. James Mckinley Nixon MM.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 47th Btn. (Western Ontario Regiment)
(d.26th September 1918)
James Mckinley Nixon died on 26th September 1918, aged 20, he was the son of James and Jane Nixon, of Star City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Pte. James Nixon
British Army 4th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Haltwhistle
(d.28th April 1915)
My grandfather, James Nixon was in C Company of 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers who landed in Boulogne, France on 20th April 1915. The Battalion moved to Ypres and on 26th April took part in the Battle of St Julien where he was badly wounded in the back and hip by shell fire. He was transferred to No.14 General Hospital, Wimereux, near Boulogne. He died on 28th April 1915 after a week in France and was buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery.
Pte. Leonard Nixon
British Army 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
from:Kirby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
(d.3rd Jun 1918)
Leonard Nixon was born 20th Nov 1899 at Kirby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and enlisted at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, he resided in Kirby-in-Ashfield. He joined the 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbys Regt) as Private, 97920. Leonard died from wounds on the 3rd of June 1918 whilst serving with 8th Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derby Rgt) He is buried in the Allied Section of Guise (La Desolation) French National Cemetery, at Flavigny-Le-Petit.
Pte. R. Nixon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:West Ryton
R Nixon was wounded in 1916
Robert Thomas Nixon
(d.15th June 1915)
Robert Thomas Nixon was a Fitter and Turner working in the Palmer Shipyard and was killed during a Zeppelin attack on the shipyard and other Industrial targets. He died on the 15th June 1915 aged 32.
Robert was born in Hexham 1832, the son of Robert and Mary Ann Nixon nee Scott. He was married to Bernetta Nixon nee Bennett. In the 1911 census Robert is single, aged 28, living with his elderly father also Robert aged 71 and his older sister Sarah Ann who is 43 single and a dressmaker. There is also a boarder Annie Sinclair 58 and single. Robert himself is working as a mechanical turner in a steelworks.
Pte. Robert Nixon
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Ronald Thomas Thompson Nixon
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
My grandfather was Pte. Ronald Nixon of the 18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. His full name was Ronald Thomas Thompson Nixon. He enlisted on 5th May 1914 aged 19years, his trade was a plumber, he served in the Expeditionary Forces Forces in Egypt for 89 days and France for 2 years and 43 days. He was shot in the head on the 15th of April 1918 and was admitted to 24 General Hospital Etaples, France.
He was an amazing Grandfather although cantankerous and sometimes moody but never once told us of his days at war but at times as small children my Nana (Mary J Nixon) would say to us - leave Grandpa alone, he is in a place where only he understands. I guess in today's world he was having flashbacks, but he always dealt with them with the greatest of dignity. He did however tell us of fun times as a fire warden during the Second World War - always a wee dram at someone's house. His documents I have been found after the demise of my own parents, held very safe in a strong box.
Pte. William John Nixon
British Army 1st Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Rutlandshire
(d.25th Oct 1914)
William Nixon was born in Oakham County in October 1885. He joined up in 1905 and served in India and then France with the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
Mjr. Frederic Eckersall Nixon-Eckersall MiD
British Army 157th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Gainsborough, College Road, Cheltenham
(d.10th Nov 1917)
Major Frederic Nixon-Eckersall was twice Mentioned in Despatches.
Company Sjt Mjr. G. Noall
Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Edward Willie Nobbs
British Army Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Nothampton
Bill Nobbs served with the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Labour Corps.
Pte. Harry Alexander Nobbs
British Army 11th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Hampton, Middlesex
(d.9th Apr 1917)
Harry Nobbs was my grandfather, born in 1877, he died at Arras on the 9th April 1917, leaving a widow and 5 children. Harry has no grave, he is commemorated on the wall at Arras and at St Mary's church, Hampton Middlesex. I have never seen a picture of Harry and would love to see what he looked like.
Rflmn. Sidney Henry Nobbs
British Army 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Sussex
(d.23rd Oct 1916)
Sid Nobbs is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. A. Noble
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
L/Cpl. Cecil Reginald Noble VC
British Army 2nd Btn. C Company, Rifle Brigade
(d.13th March 1915)
Cecil Noble died of wounds on the 13th of March 1915 and is buried in the Longuenesse (ST. Omer) Souvenire Cemetery in France.
An extract from the Supplement to the London Gazette of 27th April, 1915 (No. 29146) records the award of the V.C. to this N.C.O. and to C.S.M. H. Daniels "For most conspicuous bravery on 12th March, 1915, at Neuve-Chapelle, when their battalion was impeded in the advance to attack by wire entanglements, and subjected to a very severe machine-gun fire, these two men voluntarily rushed in front and succeeded in cutting the wires."
Pte. Charles Noble
British Army 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Teversham, Cambridgeshire
(d.6th Jul 1916)
Charles Noble of the 11th Battalion the Suffolk Regiment was my Great Uncle He was the son of Josia and Eliza Noble of Teversham Cambridge. He was killed in action on 6th of July 1916 at the Battle of The Somme aged 24 years. He is buried at Mericourt L'Abbe, Heilly Station.
Pte. F. Noble
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
Pte Fred Noble
British Army 7th Btn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Stanningley, Leeds
(d.23rd May 1916)
Pte. George Herbert Noble
British Army 3rd Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Grays, Essex
To the best of my knowledge my grandfather, George Noble enlisted on 4th of February 1918. Records, that I have been able to find, show he was born in 1899 and was 18 and 1 month old. I know he wasn't born until 1901 so he was more likely 16 years old or thereabouts. He enlisted originally in the 3rd Bedfordshire Regiment then transferred to the 9th Northampton Regiment later that year.
If anyone has further information it would be appreciated. We live in Australia so access to records is difficult.
Pte. Herbert Gibbon Noble
British Army 10 Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:10 Greenfield, Newbridge, Abercarn, Monmouthshire, Wales
(d.18 September 1918)
Rflm. James Alfred Noble
British Army 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Hackney, London
(d.21st Mar 1918)
Great Uncle James Noble left behind a wife and five children. He is buried at Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery.
The sacrifice made by him and all those brave men will not be forgotten.
L/Cpl. James Alfred Noble
British Army 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:Jump, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
(d.29th April 1917)
My grandfather, James Noble joined the 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers at the outbreak of World War One. He was badly wounded on the 29/4/1917, his grave is in the war cemetery at Etaples, France
Pte. John Thomas Noble
British Army 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Shotton, Co.Durham
(d.2nd Jun 1917)
when my father who was 13 read out the telegrame informing his family of the death of his father, he stuttered out the words and continued to speak in this way until he died 77 years later.all three of us suffered in some way because of that battle
Pte. John Edward Noble
Britsh Army Durham Light Infantry
from:Gateshead
(d.16th September 1916)
Pte. John Noble
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
Pte. M. Noble
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. Samuel Fletcher Noble
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
from:Dorrigo, New South Wales.
(d.8th Jun 1917)
Cpl. Vivian Henry William Noble
Ausralian Imperial Force D Coy. 3rd Btn.
from:Australia
Vivian Henry William Noble was born in the inner-Sydney suburb of Enmore in 1894. At the time the First World War broke out, he was living in Epping and working as a clerk. At the age of 21, he enlisted in the Army and was assigned to D Company, 3rd Battalion. The battalion sailed aboard HMAT Euripides from Sydney on 20 October 1914.
Noble served with the 3rd Battalion at Gallipoli and was amongst the last party of men in this battalion to leave Anzac Cove at 3am on 20th December 1915. Noble continued to serve with the same battalion on the Western Front, where he was promoted to corporal in November 1916. On 7th of January 1917, he was attached to 1st Divisional Ordnance Corps and by April was serving with 1st Division Headquarters. In August 1917, he changed units again when he joined the Australian Divisional Army Ordnance Depot.
Noble was amongst the men who were granted special 1918 leave, and he left France to return to Australia on 14th October 1918. Vivian Henry William Noble married Constance Knox in 1920 and lived at Manly until he died in a swimming accident in 1930 at the age of 36.
Lt. C. H. Noble-Campbell
Royal Flying Corps 38 Squadron
from:New Zealand
Lt CH Noble-Campbell, a New Zealander, had served in Gallipoli where he was wounded in action prior to joining the RFC. He was one of two 38 Squadron pilots who took part in the pursuit of the German airship L 62 during a raid on the night of 12th/13th of April, 1918. He and his colleague, Lt W.A.Brown, followed a similar path into the night sky over Coventry whilst tracking the German airship L62. They failed to intercept the Zeppelin and both crash-landed within a few hundred yards of each other in Coventry.
Pte Thomas Nocton
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:31, Butterfield Place Wigan St., Bradford.
(d.20th Oct 1918)
Nocton, Thomas. Private, 45949, Killed in action on 20th October 1918. Aged 25 years.
Buried in Dadizele Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, in grave II. 4.
Son of Michael and Ellen Nocton, of 31, Butterfield Place Wigan St, Bradford. Born at Bradford. 19th Btn N.F. records show his service number as 45945.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Page 12 of 17
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