DIXON William

  • First Name(s):
    William 
  • Surname:
    DIXON
  • Service Number:
    27089
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XIX. F. 15.
  • Place of Birth:
    Hanbury, Worcestershire, enlisted Stoke Works, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Edward and P. Dixon, of Sharpway Gate, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

DIXON William Is Named On These Memorials

Hanbury St Mary the Virgin Church
Hanbury War Memorial
Stoke Prior St Michael’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Hanbury St Mary the Virgin Church with the information: Pte. Worc. Regt.

Further Information About DIXON William

The following report appears in the Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, 17th February 1917:
The son of Mr and Mrs Edward Dixon, Sharpway Gate, Stoke Prior, William Dixon was killed in action on 25th January.  He would have been 24 if he had lived to Monday next.  He joined up in January 1916, was single and before enlistment he was a bricklayer for the Salt Union, prior to which he was employed by Mr Bowater Vernon.
Reported with photograph.

A photograph of Lance Corporal W. Dixon of Bromsgrove can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 24th February 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter.