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Cpl. John W. Dixon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
(d.1st Apr 1917)
John Dixon is buried in Roclincourt
Sjt. M. Dixon
British Army 6th Btn. Connaught Rangers
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. Matthew Burnett Dixon
British Army 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Windy Nook
(d.25th Oct 1918)
Matthew Dixon joined the lst Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and fought bravely through WW1 only to die a week before the end of the war, aged 27. He is buried at Awoingt British Cemetery.
Matthew's two brothers also joined the Northumberland Fusiliers 18th Battalion Francis Albert Dixon who was killed 4th September 1917 aged 22, and Robert Dixon who survived the war. These boys were my beloved Grandmother's brothers. I believe they where miners and worked in the colliery at Heworth. We recently found out that Matthew was married in 1914 but have no other information of the other boys. We have decided to visit the graves soon, my cousin and I and will be the first of our family to go. God rest their souls. Unfortunately we have no photographs of any of the brothers.
Pte. Matthew Burnett Dixon
British Army 18th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Windy Nook
(d.25th Oct 1918)
Matthew Dixon joined the Northumberland Fusiliers early on, serving in the 1st Tyneside Pioneers with his 2 brothers. His youngest brother was killed in Belgium at Passchendaele 4th September 1917, Francis Albert Dixon and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Matthew died at the end of the war we think the Battle of Cambrai and is buried in Awoingt Cemetery died 25th October 1918 aged 27. His other brother, Robert, survived and came home to Windy Nook Gateshead.
They where the 3 brothers of my beloved Grandmother. We have been to their graves and paid our respect to them both which was a very moving experience
Pte. Peter Dixon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Byker
Peter Dixon was wounded between August and October 1916
Gnr. Rennie Dixon
British Army 153rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Burnley
(d.17th Jun 1918)
Rennie Dixon served with the 153rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during WW1 and died on the 17th June 1918 age 23. He is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Greece. He was the son of Joseph Dixon, of 3, Reedley Rd., Reedley, Burnley.
Gnr. Rennie Dixon
British Army 153rd Btn. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Burnley, Lancs
(d.17th June 1918)
Rennie Dixon died on the 17th of June 1918 age 23 and is buried in the Mikra British Cemetery, Kalameria, Greece. He was the son of Joseph Dixon of 3 Reedley Rd., Reedley, Burnley
Pte. Richard Chandler Dixon
British Army 1st/4th Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:Jarrow
(d.5th Oct 1918)
Richard Chandler Dixon died aged 22. The son of Robert and Margaret Dixon (nee Chandler) of 31 Henry Street Jarrow, he was born in Jarrow and lived and enlisted there. Richard Chandler Dixon age 9, at school, is with his parents Robert and Margaret Dixon and family at 31 Henry Street, Jarrow on the 1911 census.
Richard is buried in Sunken Road Cemetery. Boisleux-St. Marc. He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (north face) Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. Robert Henry Dixon
5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Durham City
Pte. Robert Dixon
Canadian Army Cavalry Machine Gun Squadron
from:Jarrow
(d.30th Oct 1918)
Robert Dixon aged 27 who died on 30th October 1918 was born in Jarrow 1891. He was the son of William and Hannah Dixon (nee Ridley) of "Elmfield", Monkton, Jarrow. Robert Dixon's parents William and Hannah Dixon and family are at 68 Breamish Street, Jarrow on the 1911 census.
Robert is bruied in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manacourt and is commemorated on the Monkton Memorial in Monkton Village, Jarrow.
Pte. Robert Charles Frederick Dixon
British Army 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Derby
Robert Dixon, my grandfather, was born 11th February 1887 at Ibstock, Leicestershire. He served in WW1 with the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. He was reported Killed in ActionĀ¯ on 27th May 1918 in France. I have the letter informing my grandmother. However, he had been gassed in a shell hole and apparently, rather than hit him with the butt of his rifle, a German took him as a P.O.W. It was a huge shock to my grandmother when some time later he walked into his home in Derby, very much alive.
Pte. Roland Dixon
British Army
from:Oldham
Roly Dixon is my Grandfather. He often recalled his time at Ypres. His funny story was the fact that he had been sent home on R & R (Rest and Re-cooperation) and that when he returned to the front line, he was requested to carry a large flask of tea on his back, which was something more like and urn of tea. Unfortunately, his urn of tea had been punctured by a bullet, thereby the tea had drained from the flask. When he got to the front, they were all wishing that the urn of tea had survived and that it would be preferable that he had been shot. What a character.
Sgt. Sydney Clunas Dixon
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Spr. Thomas Dixon
Canadian Army 2nd Canadian Tunnelling Company Canadian Engineers
from:Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Pte. Tom Dixon
British Army 1st Bt, D Coy,. Norfolk Regiment
from:Weasenham
(d.28th April 1915)
There is very little known about the army record of my Great Uncle Tom Dixon, except that he was 31 years of age when he was killed. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, in Northern France. I believe that he was married with three daughters. I have now started to research my great uncle and intend, with other members of my family, to travel to the cemetery next year (2015) on the centenary of his death.
Pte. W. Dixon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
W Dixon was wounded in October 1916
Pte. Wallace Dixon
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Commissioned 28th Aug 1917
Sgt. Wilfred Agar Dixon
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th & 13th DLI and att. 89th Labour Corps & Details Btn
Pte. William Henry Dixon
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
L/Cpl. William Baldwin Dixon
British Army 17th Btn. Manchester Regiment
(d.11th Jul 1918)
William Dixon served with the 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment during WW1 and died on the 11th July 1918 of Pneumonia in a German Hospital, aged 27. Probably a POW, he is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery in Germany. He was the son of James and Jane Dixon.
L/Cpl. William Baldwin Dixon
British Army 17th Btn. Manchester Regiment
(d.11th July 1918)
William Dixon died 11th July 1918 of Pneumonia in a German Hospital, aged 27. Buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery in Germany, he was the son of James and Jane Dixon.
Pte. William Arthur Dixon
Australian Imperial Force A Coy 52nd Btn.
from:Sydney, NSW
(d.9th June 1917)
As far as I know, Private William Dixon was in the attack of the 7th of June 1917 at Messines Ridge and was hit by either a sniper's bullet or a shell blast. He was seen to be lying in a shell hole along with a Pte Laidlaw, George Carmichael and another man named Wall. Research from the Red Cross archives states that he was buried in dugout on the Ridge but CWGC has recorded him as having no known grave, and his name is on the Menin Gate Memorial as well as our own Australian War memorial in Canberra.
All I know about him is what I have read from his file (also in Canberra) stating that he was a well digger and that he enlisted in 1915. He left for duty in the HMAT Ceramic in 1916. My father, his brother, never spoke of him and it was only when I was doing my family tree that I discovered my late uncle. William died aged 45 or 46.
I will in the future go to Belgium to try and get a feel for the horror that unfolded there, albeit nearly 100 years ago. Lest We Forget.
L/Cpl. William Dixon
British Army 9th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Hanbury, Worcs
(d.25th January 1917)
William Dixon was killed in action on 25/01/1917 in Mesopotamia aged 23.
Pte. Willie Dixon
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Hartlepool
(d.18th Sep 1916)
Willie Dixon aged 27 was lost whilst serving with the 14th DLI, remembered on the Thiepval Memorial he was the son of Elizabeth and the late John Dixon; husband of Elizabeth Jane Dixon, of 31 Topcliffe St., West Hartlepool.
2nd Lt. George Frederick Dobbin
British Army Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Dublin, Ireland
(d.16th Aug 1915)
George Dobbin was born Aug. 18th, 1894, and killed in action at Suvla Bay 16th of August 1915.
J. Dobbin
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st Jul 1917)
Cpl. Alexander Dobbins
British Army 5th/6th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
(d.8th May 1918)
Rflmn. Ernest George Dobbs
British Army 12th Battalion London Regiment
from:Homerton London
(d.7th April 1917)
Ernest Dobbs was my great uncle, and the younger brother of my grandfather. My father was born about 6 months after Ernest George died and my father must have been given his middle name Ernest in his memory and I never knew this or heard of Ernest George before I started looking into my heritage for the 100th Memorial in 2018.
Pte. Samuel Charles Dobbs
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Thomas Hubbard Dobbs
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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