Grave of Pioneer John Dixon
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Grave of Pioneer John Dixon
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Subject |
Dixon, John Harold Tinson
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Notes |
My grandfather John Harold Tinson Dixon left his business as a dentist & qualified pharmaceutical chemist in Worksop to join the Royal Engineers in December 1915, at which time he had a wife and two young children. He was posted to the Army Reserve, was recalled in May 1916, was posted to France on 2 June and was killed in the Battle of the Somme on 14 July. One of these pictures is of the original document sent to his widow showing a photograph of the (temporary) headstone, the other is of the grave as it was a few years ago, with a permanent stone memorial. John is not remembered on the war memorial in his home town of Worksop - maybe one day ..!
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Item date |
14 July 1916
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Creation place |
Bienvilliers Military Cemetery
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Content | |
Total number of pages |
2
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Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Robert Dixon
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Collection
Citation
“Grave of Pioneer John Dixon,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8826.
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