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Serjeant W DIXON

Service Number: 11971
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1918

Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

III. C. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of Sarah H. Dixon, of 42, Bomlay St., Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription EVERY DAY A THOUGHT, A TEAR FOR ONE OF THE BEST I LOVED SO DEAR FROM HIS LOVING WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 608
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