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Portsmouth connection unknown. In Portsmouth & the Great War the ship mentioned is as below and so he is the only possible person:

NAME:                      Nixon, Francis Eugene Archer
RANK:                      Ship's Steward
UNIT:                      Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC:             HMS Pathfinder
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         219829
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 5th September 1914
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 27th May 1884 at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
                           Husband of Jessie Christina Nixon of 52 Malvern Road, Gillingham, Kent.