NIXON, William Allan
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
2060012
Died :
Sunday, June 11, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Fusilier William Alan Nixon was killed in action during operations at Normandy in the area of Chateau d'Amfreville. Son of William John and Gertrude Alice Nixon; husband of Marjorie Gwendoline Nixon, of Ruislip, Middlesex.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty List / National Archives file WO417/77.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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