Company Sergeant Major Henry Charles Dixey

Army Number: 2454

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Newark, Nottinghamshire. Son of Joseph and Mrs Dixey, of 47, South Parade, Newark. He enlisted at Newark in 1914 and was killed in action 27th April 1916, age 22, when attempting to lead a charge across Mount Street Bridge, Dublin, during the Irish Rebellion.

Buried: Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery, Nottinghamshire. United Kingdom. Plot C. B, Row “U.” Grave 252.

Company Sergeant Major Henry Charles Dixey is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark Roll of Honour, Newark Nottinghamshire.