Edgar Birks Dixon

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for relatives of Lance Corporal Edgar Birks Dixon - Grenadier Guards - died 5/11/1918 -
Son of William and Ann Dixon, of Oak Mount, Helsby.

The private memorial marking the grave of Lance Corporal Dixon no longer provides adequate commemoration.  The Commission are in the process of producing a new headstone to mark his grave.

FIND A GRAVE

Helsby Cemetery Helsby, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216952747/edgar-birks-dixon

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2747701/edgar-birks-dixon/

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1911 census Cak Mount Helsby.

William Thomas Dixon 42
Ann Dixon   42
Ann Dixon   75
Edgar Birks Dixon   14
William Ewart Dixon   12
Rhoda Mary Dixon   7

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW3W-6DC

1901 census Helsby, Cheshire.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS62-QN2

Ann Dixon F 65 Whitegate, Cheshire
William T Dixon M 32 Helsby, Cheshire
Ann Dixon F 32 Hawardine, Flintshire
William H Dixon M 2 Helsby, Cheshire
Norman Dixon M 16 Manchester, Lancashire
Muriel Dixon F 8 Rockferry, Cheshire
Edgar B Dixon 4 Helsby Cheshire.

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Obituary with photograph for Edgar Dixon

The Runcorn Guardian Runcorn, Cheshire, England
8 Nov 1918, Fri    Page 5

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113305735/obituary-for-edgar-d-hels/

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Father - William T Dixon 1869 - 1953  (aged 84 years)
Registration District Runcorn Cheshire
Volume 10a Page 352

Mother Ann Dixon 1867 - 1949 (age 82 years)
Registration District Runcorn Cheshire
Volume 10a Page 482

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Rhoda M Dixon marriage 1928 Runcorn Cheshire.
Spouse:   Albert W Wright
Volume Number 8a Page Number   587

Daughter -  1934 - Wright    Mary E    Dixon    Runcorn    8a   331   

Possible -    MS Mary Elizabeth Wright 1934 - 18 December 2005  (71 years)
Last Residence:   Winsford, Cheshire, England
Postal Code District Cw7

Possible other daughter still living.


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[BumbleB]

Possibly a younger sibling of Mary Elizabeth Wright.  1939 has a redacted entry, and there is a birth registration in 1936 - Wright - mmn Dixon - Runcorn Registration District.

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William E Dixon - Registration Date   Jul 1930   Warrington Lancashire
Spouse Janet Yuile
Volume Number   8c - Page number   403

William F Dixon - 1899 - 1968  (aged 69 years)
Registration district   Runcorn County   Cheshire
Volume 10a Page 502

Janet Dixon  16 July 1902 - 2002 South Cheshire  (aged 99 years)
Registration district   South Cheshire   Cheshire
Register Number B7B - District and Subdistrict 3411B - Entry Number   244

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Bessie Irene Dixon 31 December 1930 - 25 January 2008

Kevin Thomas Sheil - Kevin Thomas Sheil 1924   Ireland
Birth Registration Date Dec 1924    Wexford, Ireland
Volume   4 Page   529

died 26 September 1999 -  Corowa, New South Wales, Australia.

Perhaps one son.

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[selwynfroggitt]

William Thomas Dixon born 4 10 1868 in Helsby and died 23 Sept 1953 at Oakmount Farm , Bates Lane, Helsby. He married Ann Birks 28 March 1895 in Chester, she was born 11 Sept 1867 in Hawarden,Flintshire and died 25 Oct 1949 in Helsby.
Son Edgar Birks Dixon born 21 Oct 1896 died 5 Nov 1918. Grenadier Guards Service number 24838
Memorial cross in the grounds of St Peters and St Pauls, Helsby.
7 Oct 1918 Pte. Edgar Dixon, Grenadier Guards has been wounded in the face and is in hospital at Fallowfield, Manchester. This is the third time he has been wounded.
16 Nov 1918 Corp. E B Dixon laid to rest. A military service firing party and bearers from Warrington.
Joined the Grenadier Guards 1915 and went to France 1916. In August 1916 he was wounded and the following months suffered shell shock.
In September last he was wounded in the face. This proved fatal as he passed to rest on  15th November 1918.
His last wish was to get back to the lads..
He had a brother William Ewart Dixon born 24 Oct 1898 and a sister Rhoda Mary Dixon born 25 Oct 1903