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Robert Dixon

Details

Forename Robert
Surname Dixon
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 30
Address 197 Firs Lane - sister's address
Parents' Address Ulverston, Cumbria
Township Leigh
Rank Leading Signalman
Occupation or place of work
Regiment Royal Navy - HMS Defence
Day of Death 31
Month of Death May
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Lost in action during the Battle of Jutland
Place of Burial Plymouth Naval Memorial
Regiment Number 226068
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
Son of late Richard and Rose Dixon
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 9/6/16