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Lance Corporal WILLIAM DIXON

Service Number: 20/1619
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

20th (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

XI. H. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Dixon, of 1, Dove Cote, Old Hartley, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY COME UNTO ME AND REST
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3561
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