Service no. 19548
Private, Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion
Killed in action on 9 October 1917, aged 28
Born in Marylebone; lived in Camberwell; enlisted in Clapham
CWGC: "Husband of Jennie Madeline Nixon, of 338, Camberwell New Rd., London."
Remembered at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911, 21-year-old stationer's clerk Edward Arthur Nixon was boarding with the Pratt family at 46 Camberwell Road, south-east London. The head of the household, Henry John Pratt, 52, was a bookbinder. His mother, Ellen Nixon, 44, a single unemployed cook and probably a relative of Edward's, was visiting.
The 1891 census shows Ellen, then 24, and Edward, 1, living at 4 Upper Charlton Street, St Marylebone, London. The return has the words "Living on income from the father of the child" against Ellen's entry but this is scored through, as is the marital status "Wid" which has been replaced with "S" (single). 4 Upper Charlton Street had 25 people living in it.