Photos: © Jean Alexander
Memorial Card Photos: © Jean Alexander
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery: Pauline Priano
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery: Pauline Priano
Medal Index Card
Mathew William Dixon was born on the 15th March 1891 in West Stanley. He was the eldest son of John and Ellen Dixon, of 7 Gordon Terrace, Shield Row, Stanley. The 1911 census shows the family living at Shield Row, but William is "Mathew William Dixon". He is one of 8 surviving children and was employed as a stonemason.
At the outbreak of war William enlisted at Stanley and joined the 12th Battalion of the D.L.I.
He was killed on the 20th September 1917 aged 26 years.
Research: Jean Atkinson
Note His birth certificate shows his Christian name as Mathew, not Matthew.
Mathew William Dixon is remembered at Stanley's in S135.04
