John Nixon (Indian Army officer)

Sir John Nixon
Sir John Nixon
Born	16 August 1857 Brentford, Middlesex, England
Died	15 December 1921 (1921-12-16) (aged 64) St. Raphaël, France
Allegiance	United Kingdom / British Empire
Service/branch	Indian Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	Bangalore Brigade 7th (Meerut) Division 1st (Peshawar) Division Southern Army, India Northern Army, India
Battles/wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir John Eccles Nixon GCMG KCB (16 August 1857 – 15 December 1921) was a 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.