Bernard Cope Dixon
Service number
4970585
Military unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
28 Jan 1909
Date of death
30 May 1940 (31 years old)
Place of birth
Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Employment, education or hobbies
Pre war Army.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of John and Mary Dixon.
Military history
Joining the army in the early 1930's he served in India, Sudan, Cyprus and Guernsey At the outbreak of war the 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters was serving in the 3rd Infantry Brigade, part of the 1st Infantry Division, with which the battalion would remain with throughout the war. The division was sent to France in September 1939, joining the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). The battalion remained in France until May 1940 when the Germans invaded the Low Countries. While recovering from the wounds he suffered in Belgium was again wounded when the Luftwaffe bombed the hospital where he was being treated. Evacuated across the Channel he died on 30 May in Folkestone hospital.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Bernard Cope Dixon