BORN HULL 18/12/1896. SON OF EDWIN & GRACE JOHNSTON (GORDON) DIXON, OF 60, ALEXANDRA ROAD, 78, RAGLAN STREET AND 14, PRINCESS GARDENS, GODDARD AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A STEAM ENGINE FITTER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A FORMER ERRAND BOY AND BLUNDELLS WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY. LEFT FOR FRANCE, ON 25/09/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/04/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
HE LEFT SIBLINGS, MARGARET, WILLIAM, GEORGE STANLEY, JAMES, JESSIE AND GRACE.
First name:
ROBERT R
Military Number:
PO/1112
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
