BORN HOLBECK, LEEDS, 1881. ONLY SON OF JEREMIAH DIXON BICKERDYKE (1837- 1892) & MARY ANN STATHER (1847-1911). HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER AND WAREHOUSEMAN.
HE MARRIED AT SCARBOROUGH, IN 1903, AGED 22. HIS WIFE, NELLIE RIPON ATKINSON, (BORN ON 17/9/1878), LIVED AT 3, HERBERTS TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, LILY, BORN 8/6/1909 AND NELLIE DIXON, BORN 9/5/1914.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/07/1917, AGED 36.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW. AWARDED WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 22/11 SHILLINGS. HIS WIFE REMARRIED TO BECOME MRS MURRAY.
BURIED: COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE RESTS IN PEACE, FROM WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN”
