DIXON Eric John Hopkins

  • First Name(s):
    Eric 
    John 
    Hopkins 
  • Surname:
    DIXON
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Sub-Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Ship:
    HMS Formidable
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    20th April 1941
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England, Bay 2, Panel 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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DIXON Eric John Hopkins Is Named On These Memorials

Tenbury St Michael’s Church WW2 Memorial

Further Information About DIXON Eric John Hopkins

Eric Dixon was born on 22nd September 1915 in Horbury, Yorkshire.  He played cricket for Northamptonshire between 1936 and 1939.  He was killed on active service when flying from HMS Formidable off the coast of Libya.

London Gazette, 2nd December 1941:
Mention in Despatches (Posthumous)
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Eric John Hopkins Dixon, R.N.V.R., HMS Formidable.

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