I blog this photo late on Remembrance Sunday, 2010, as a tribute to all those who lost their lives in War defending the freedom which we now enjoy in England.
The photograph is from my collection of photos of Winster, Derbyshire, my birthplace.
William Eric Nixon was born in Winster, in 1897 at the Vicarage. His father was the Rev. W.H. Nixon, Vicar of Winster.
He entered Sandhurst in 1915 and was promoted to Captain in November 1916. He was twice mentioned in despatches and three times wounded in action. On 7th May 1917 he was reported killed while leading his flight. He was buried in the churchyard at Masny, near Douai, France, on 11th May 1917 - he was 19 years old.
This image is from the Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificates, 1910-1950 in the National Archives and reproduced on ancestry.co.uk
Other details from Flight July 12. 1917.
We will remember them all known and unknown.
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