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Military service
Service number:
C/26582
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
October 5, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. T. Lot 421. Grave 3.
Additional information
Son of Charles M. and Winifred M. Nixon, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Thomas Westcott Nixon
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Thomas Westcott Nixon
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Letter
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Grave marker
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Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Westcott Nixon
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Westcott Nixon
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Westcott Nixon
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Westcott Nixon
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Westcott Nixon
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Westcott Nixon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PARK LAWN) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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