Edwin Nixon

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Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. Edwin Nixon, ( – 8 November, 1916) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Nixon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 1 January, 1915.[1]

On 9 am on a November morning (8th?) aboard Doncaster, Nixon shot himself dead. At any rate, he did die on the 8th. No witness could provide a motive. Uniquely, no mention is made of him being of "unsound mind". Were R.N.R. men somehow not deemed worthy of such analysis? At any rate, I applied this tag for the unfortunate man.[2]

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Doncaster
26 Jul, 1916[3][4] – 8 Nov, 1916[5]
Succeeded by
James Budgen

Footnotes

  1. Nixon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/419. f. 214.
  2. Nixon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/419. f. 214.
  3. Nixon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/419. f. 214.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393r.
  5. Nixon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/419. f. 214.