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John Nixon (Indian Army officer)
General Sir John Eccles Nixon, KCB (16 August 1857–15 December 1921) was senior commander of the British Indian Army. He gave the orders for the ultimately disastrous first British Expedition against Baghdad during the First World War.
==Early career==
Educated at Rossall School and then the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Nixon was commissioned into the 75th Regiment of Foot in 1875.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps in 1878 and then served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.〔 He also took part in the Mahsud Waziri expedition in 1881 and the Chitral Relief Force in 1895.〔 He was also appointed Chief Staff Officer of the Tochi Field Force in 1897.〔
Nixon served as a Cavalry Brigade Commander during the Second Boer War and then became Assistant Quartermaster General (Intelligence) in India in 1902.〔 He became commander of the Bangalore Brigade in 1903, Inspector General of Cavalry in India 1906 and General Officer Commanding 7th (Meerut) Division in 1908.〔 He went on to be General Officer Commanding 1st (Peshawar) Division in 1910 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Army in India in 1912.〔
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