BORN HULL 1895. ELDEST CHILD OF WILLIAM EDWARD DIXON (1865-1927) & FANNY ELIZABETH DIXON (1868-1940) AT THIS ADDRESS (1901 CENSUS). ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEER BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ATTACKING THE TEPPE TEKE HILL, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 22/08/1918, AGED 20. UNMARRIED, HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, FANNY.
HE LEFT SISTERS, SARAH, GERTRUDE, ADA AND FLORENCE, AND BROTHER, ERNEST. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE HELLES MEMORIAL ON THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULAR.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
10899
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
22/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
20
16 , CORNWALL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
