George Harold Dixon
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George Harold Dixon was born in 1891 at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, he was the son of George Dixon, a railway superintendent’s chief clerk, born 1866 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire and his wife Marian Dixon (nee Corser, married on the 8th July 1890 in St. Saviour’s Church, Nottingham), born 1868 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. he had one sibling, a brother Cyril Rutland, born 1898 in Melton Mowbray, in March 1901 the family home was at 6, North Street, Melton Mowbray. In April 1911 George was employed as an assistant clerk and was residing in the family home at 6, North Street, Melton Mowbray, together with his father, a chief clerk, his mother and brother Cyril, a schoolboy.
Private George Harold Dixon enlisted at Melton Mowbray he served with the 7th battalion. Leicestershire Regiment, he died on 27th September 1918 and is buried at Rethel French National Cemetery, France
His name is commemorated on ST Marys Church Memorial, Melton Mowbray.
