Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Jane, and the late William Joseph Nixon. He leaves a widow. He enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment and served for seven years in India. When the war broke out he was employed as an auxiliary postman in Oakham, and being a member of the Reserve, went out to France with his regiment in September 1914. He lost his life at Armentieres, France. The War Diary for Sunday 25th October records that the Battalion had relieved the West Yorkshire Regiment on the 21st October at the Chemical Factory at Rue du Bois, the Germans had attempted to rush the trenches at dawn, but were beaten back with great loss, shelled intermittently all day. 2 Platoon of “D” Company were driven out by enfilade fire at about 9.00am, but retrieved the position by dusk, ordered to retire during night. Trench line was reinforced by 1 Company East Yorkshire Regiment and 2 Platoons of the Rifle Brigade during the day. “A” Company’s line was not seriously attacked. Casualties two Officers wounded, twenty two Other Ranks killed, sixty eight wounded and ninety eight missing.