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  • DIXON
  • H
  • HERBERT
  • Brinscall, Chorley
  • Lancashire, England
  • Wheelton, Lancashire
  • Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jane Dixon, of Calender Cottage, Wheelton, Chorley, Lancashire; four brothers also served: Harry, John and Nathan (same regiment as Herbert), Chris with the Field Artillery; John (also Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Batt) died during the First Action at the Somme and is remembered at Theipval Memorial. The other brothers survived the war;

Military service

  • Preston
  • 12210
  • Private
  • 7th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
  • to France on 17 July 1915

Death

  • Died of shrapnel wounds in the back, penetrating the lungs, in n°2 Can CCS;
  • 17 June 1917
  • 23
  • XV - F - 16

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