Harold & Elsie Rixon - Revision history

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-[[File:Wedding Photo.jpg|left|thumb|1926 Wedding of Nibby and Elsie Rixon.back row l-r. Minnie Rixon, Cecil Rixon, husband of Minnie, Nibby Rixon, Elsie Rixon, Arch Williams, Cissie Clanfield (married Arch Williams later) seated not known.  little girl, Rosaline Williams]]
+[[File:Wedding Photo.jpg|left|thumb|1926 Wedding of Nibby and Elsie Rixon.back row l-r. Minnie Rixon, Cecil Rixon, husband of Minnie, Nibby Rixon, Elsie Rixon, Arch Williams, Cissie Clanfield (married Arch Williams later) seated not known.  little girl, Rosalind Williams]]
 '''Harold Frederick Rixon''' born 1903 was the son of [[Leonard & Edith Rixon]]

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-click [[Families]] for other local families
+click [[Families]] for other local families.
 click [[Rixon]] for others in this family
+[[File:Wedding Photo.jpg|left|thumb|1926 Wedding of Nibby and Elsie Rixon.back row l-r. Minnie Rixon, Cecil Rixon, husband of Minnie, Nibby Rixon, Elsie Rixon, Arch Williams, Cissie Clanfield (married Arch Williams later) seated not known.  little girl, Rosaline Williams]]
 '''Harold Frederick Rixon''' born 1903 was the son of [[Leonard & Edith Rixon]]

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 '''7th January 1946.   His RAF Certificate of Release read''' - H.F. Rixon. 2.7.42 to 7.1.46.  "This airman has been under my command for approximately three years, during which time he has been employed as a gardener on the Unit Gardens.   He has always been punctual and most reliable and is a very good workman, with special aptitude for gardening.
-'''Probate 1974''' Miriam Rixon of Pond Cottage no2, Lacey Green, died May 1974.
+'''Death May 1974''' Elsie Miriam Rixon of [[Pond Cottage no 2]], Lacey Green.
 '''Hallmark August 1991'''. notice.  It is with regret we have to report the death of Harold (Nibby) Rixon, aged 88, on the 22nd July.   One of Lacey Green's all time great cricketers.

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 '''Harold received a letter back, dated 16th July''' from Bomber Command suggesting he could specialise in some other role.
+[[File:Nibby Rixon and Fred Brooks.jpg|left|thumb|Nibby Rixon and Fred Brooks - spectators at the Sports Club]]
 His role was decided and he spent the remainder of the war, working there on maintenance of buildings and the market garden that produced food for the base.

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 '''Harold (Nibby) and Elsie married in 1926.'''
-'''1939 Register (census)'''.  [[Pond Cottage no 2]], Main Road, Lacey Green.   Harold F Rixon 36 painter and decorater, Elsie M Rixon 35, Rosalind W F Williams 19 domestic servant. Sister-in-law.
+'''1939 Register (census)'''.  [[Pond Cottage no 2]], Main Road, Lacey Green.   Harold F Rixon 36 painter and decorater, Elsie M Rixon 35, Rosalind W F Williams 19 domestic servant. Sister-in-law (maried Eames)
 '''<u>Harold Leonard 'Nibby' Rixon</u>.'''   Lived at [[Pond Cottage no 2]], Lacey Green.
 [[File:Harold Rixon Fire Service Certificate of Service.jpg|left|thumb]]
 '''1942 Joined the RAF, after service in the [[Princes Risborough Fire Brigade]]'''
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 '''7th January 1946.   His RAF Certificate of Release read''' - H.F. Rixon. 2.7.42 to 7.1.46.  "This airman has been under my command for approximately three years, during which time he has been employed as a gardener on the Unit Gardens.   He has always been punctual and most reliable and is a very good workman, with special aptitude for gardening.
 '''Probate 1974''' Miriam Rixon of Pond Cottage no2, Lacey Green, died May 1974.

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	'''7th January 1946. His RAF Certificate of Release read''' - H.F. Rixon. 2.7.42 to 7.1.46. "This airman has been under my command for approximately three years, during which time he has been employed as a gardener on the Unit Gardens. He has always been punctual and most reliable and is a very good workman, with special aptitude for gardening.		'''7th January 1946. His RAF Certificate of Release read''' - H.F. Rixon. 2.7.42 to 7.1.46. "This airman has been under my command for approximately three years, during which time he has been employed as a gardener on the Unit Gardens. He has always been punctual and most reliable and is a very good workman, with special aptitude for gardening.
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		+	'''1939 Register (census)'''. Harold F Rixon 36 painter & decorator, Elsie M Rixon 36, Rosalind Williams 19 domestic servant (married Eames)
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		+	During WW2 Harold 'Nibby' Rixon was in the RAF click [[RAF Local Residents]]
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		+	'''Probate 1974''' Miriam Rixon of Pond Cottage no2, Lacey Green, died May 1974.
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		+	'''Hallmark August 1991'''. notice. It is with regret we have to report the death of Harold (Nibby) Rixon, aged 88, on the 22nd July. One of Lacey Green's all time great cricketers.

	'''1974 Death of Elsie Miriam Rixon''' of [[Pond Cottage no 2]], Lacey Green		'''1974 Death of Elsie Miriam Rixon''' of [[Pond Cottage no 2]], Lacey Green

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	'''1974 Death of Elsie Miriam Rixon''' of [[Pond Cottage no 2]], Lacey Green		'''1974 Death of Elsie Miriam Rixon''' of [[Pond Cottage no 2]], Lacey Green
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−	~~'''1990 Death of Harold Frederick Rixon''' died at Cherry Trees Nursing Home, Saunderton~~

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 '''7th  July 1942''' - arrived for basic training a RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire
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+[[File:Harold Rixon Letter From Bomber Command.jpg|thumb|Letter from Bomber Command]]
 July 1942 - He was posted to a base near Yarmouth, from where a report was sent to [[Bomber Command]] that the training was too hard for him (he was nearly 40 & too old for a flying position))