He was promoted to flight lieutenant towards the end of World War II before becoming an instructor at RAF Finningley.

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During World War II, Nixon served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific.

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At just 25 and while serving as a lieutenant, he became the first Welshman in World War II to be awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest honour for gallantry, for an assault on a German machine-gun post in northern France.

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