Alfred – Nix – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Sergeant – 27/11/1917

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Title

Alfred – Nix – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Sergeant – 27/11/1917

Initials / forenames

Alfred

Surname

Nix

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [Grenadier Guards, 4th Battalion]

Military rank

Lance Sergeant

Military number

14274

Railway department

Pinchbeck, Civil Engineering Department

Railway job

Permanent Way Labourer

Date died

27/11/1917

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway staff magazine, August 1918, p165

Memorial

Cambrai Memorial, Louverval

Notes

Age 27, the son of Arthur and Elizabeth Knowlman of 132 Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, London. Joined the GER on 23 June 1913. Enlisted August 1914, killed in action. GER Magazine gives date of death as 26 February 1918.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)

Date entered

03/10/2016

Last updated

03/10/2016

Citation

“Alfred – Nix – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Sergeant – 27/11/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 15, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/49137.