15 September 2010

2352402 L/Cpl Frank J Rixon, Royal Corps of Signals

2352402 Lance-Corporal Frank James Rixon of the Royal Corps of Signals, died on the 15th September 1942. He was born in Bolton and was living in Bolton when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was the son of William and Lily Ellen Rixon and that he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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