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.
Dixon, Arthur Edward Basil –
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: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- St. Paul's (Astley Bridge) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- 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