234884 Pte. James Nathan Dixon British Army 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment from:Macclesfield (d.24th Mar 1918) James Dixon was born in 1894 at Macclesfield, son of Nathan and Sara Ellen Dixon, 7 Alderley Street. In 1911, they were living at 137 Chester Road, and James was working as a house painter.
James attested at Macclesfield, his service record shows his first theatre of war was the Balkans, going with the Cheshires to Gallipoli on the 8th of August 1915; this was not with the 11th Battalion. Having survived here, he was then drafted to the Western Front. The Battalion were engaged in battle at St. Quentin, they moved on the 21st March 1918 from Bihucourt at about 9a.m. to Favruil, and on to a point east of Beugnatre. At approximately 5 p.m. on the 22nd it was ordered to occupy a position near Chaufours Wood, and the road running south from Marchies, which it did after making a short attack with the assistance of some tanks. Heavy casualties were caused by enemy shelling. At about 8a.m. on the 23rd the enemy renewed his attack. The Battalion were compelled to withdraw to Beugny, and then to the Army Line near Sapignies.
Private James Nathan Dixon is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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