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• Name NIXON
• Initials WL
• First name WILLIAM LEITH
• Place of birth Sacriston
• Country Durham, England
• Family Son of Mary Nixon, of Dene House, Plawsworth Rd., Sacriston, Durham, and Thomas Anthony Nixon.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Newcastle-On-Tyne
• Service number 242759
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st/6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
• Division - Brigade 146th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 49th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Formerly 28905, Durham L.I

Death

• Type of wounds Died of multiple gunshot wounds on both legs in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 1 December 1917
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - B - 6A

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