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Surname: NIXON
Forename(s): Denis Joseph
Place of Birth: Bacup, Lancashire
Service No: 15997
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Dorsetshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 6th (Poona) Indian Division
Age: 39
Date of Death: 1916-04-22
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 22 and 63.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Denis Joseph Nixon was the son of Anthony and Elizabeth Nixon, née McNamara. Elizabeth was born in Ireland. Anthony was born at Preston, Lancashire and was the son of Bridget Malley. Bridget married Henry Nixon in 1856.
1881 Padiham, Lancashire Census: 2, Eccleshill Street - Denis Nixon, aged 4 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, son of Anthony and Elizabeth Nixon.
1891 Bacup, Lancashire Census: 4, Back Irwell Street - Denis Nixon, aged 14 years, born Bacup, son of Anthony and Elizabeth Nixon.
Denis was married to Rhoda Demain in 1899.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Chapel Street - Dennis J. Nixon, aged 24 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, husband of Rhoda Nixon.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 20, Clayton Street - Denis Joseph Nixon, aged 34 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, husband of Rhoda Nixon.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Denis J. Nixon, 15997, Dorset Regiment.
A short biography of Denis is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
NIXON, Dennis, J., aged 39 years, Dorsetshire Regt., formerly King Street, Barnoldswick, killed in action in Mesopotamia April 22, 1916.
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Private Denis Joseph NIXON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Dorsetshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 6th (Poona) Indian Division
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26 May 1916
NIXON – April 22nd, in Mesopotamia, Pte. Denis J. Nixon, Dorsetshire Regiment, and of King Street, Barnoldswick, aged 39.
26 May 1916
KILLED IN MESOPOTAMIA – BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER LEAVES A WIDOW AND FIVE CHILDREN
News was received on Friday evening that Pte. Denis J. Nixon, 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, had been killed in action in Mesopotamia on April 22nd. He was 39 years of age, and leaves a widow and five children living in King Street, Barnoldswick. Pte. Nixon was a native of Bacup, being employed as a plasterer’s labourer. He enlisted at Keighley a year ago in the Devonshire Regiment, but was subsequently transferred to the Dorsets, and left England to join the Indian Expeditionary Force in the Persian Gulf in December, subsequently taking part in the operation for the relief of General Townshend. His wife received a letter from him only a fortnight before the announcement of his death, stating that he was then in the best of health. Two of his brothers are in the Army, one in France and the other in South Africa.
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26 May 1916
BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER KILLED IN MESOPOTAMIA – Leaves a Widow and Five Children
News was received on Friday that Pte. Dennis J. Nixon, 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, had been killed in action in Mesopotamia on April 22nd. He was 39 years of age, and leaves a widow and five children living in King Street, Barnoldswick. Pte. Nixon was a native of Bacup, but had lived in Barnoldswick about 20 years, being employed as a plasterer’s labourer. He enlisted at Keighley a year ago in the Devonshire Regiment, but was subsequently transferred to the Dorsets, and left England to join the Indian Expeditionary Force in the Persian Gulf in December, subsequently taking part in the operations for the relief of General Townshend. His wife received a letter from him only a fortnight before the announcement of his death, stating that he was then in the best of health. Two brothers are in the army, one in France and the other in South Africa.
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