BORN LEEDS 1880. SON OF WILLIAM DIXON (1854-1950) AND ANN DIXON (1854-1950), OF LEEDS. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN WW1.
JACK DIXON WAS A LABOURER AND BOARDER AT VARIOUS ADDRESS. HE MARRIED ADA BLANCHE COATES SHARPIN, AT HULL IN 1912.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS (ALEXANDRA, PRINCE OF WALES OWN).
HE WAS KILLED DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, ON 26/03/1918, AGED 32. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA BLANCHE DIXON (BORN 6/8/1873-1948), AT 15, RANDOLPH TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HULL ((WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE DEPENDENT STEP CHILDREN, JESSIE, ADA AND ANNIE. ADA WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 30/10 SHILLINGS.
JACK DIXON WAS REPORTED KILLED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/06//1919.
HE LOST TWO BROTHERS IN THE WAR, BOTH FROM LEEDS – PRIVATE, GEORGE DIXON (1884-1915), 41470, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17 NOV 1915, AGED 31. ALSO, PRIVATE, WALTER DIXON (1889-1918), 235455, 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE RGEIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21 MARCH 1918. AGED 28.
HIS STEP SON, AT 15, RANDOLPH TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HULL WAS ALSO KILLED – PRIVATE, JAMES SHARPIN, 19898, 7TH EYR WAS KILLED AT THIEPVAL, ON 8 JULY 1916, AGED 19. IT WAS ADA’S ONLY SON AND SHE HAD FIVE DAUGHTERS.
