Dixon, Arthur Edward Basil –

Son of Francis Peter Dixon, Mayor of Carlisle, and Jane Dixon (nee Iredale), of Wood View, Carlisle, Cumberland. Promoted 02/09/1914 to Second Lieutenant. Reported in BJ&G to be well-known in Bolton.

Personal details

  • Surname: Dixon
  • Forename: Arthur Edward Basil
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Carlisle, Cumberland
  • Place of residence: Carlisle, Cumberland
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 25
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: June 6th, 1915
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lieutenant
  • Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Hop Store Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: Plot I. Row D. Grave 24.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 04/09/1914 11/06/1915 18/06/1915 25/08/1916 25/08/1916 23/08/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f 6g* 5i 7a/g 8f* 6c
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 11/06/1915

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