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SEATON SLUICE

Dixon, W., L/Cpl., M.M., 1916
In Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 20/1619 Lance Corporal William Dixon, serving with the 20th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who died 01/07/1916.

Morpeth Herald 17/11/1916 carries a brief obituary:

Lance-Corpl. W. Dixon, of Dovecot, Old Hartley, who was a Military Medallist, was killed in action on July 1st. Before the war he worked as a miner at Hartley Pit.

He is remembered at Seaton Sluice on S9.01


The CWGC entry for Lance Corporal Dixon

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk

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