Private Henry Dixon

Army Number: 12330

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Son of Henry and Matilda Dixon, of 4, Lime Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a Colliery Pony Driver prior to enlisting 5th August 1914 at Nottingham. He went to France 9th February 1915. Was in the hospital in Boulogne for three weeks before dying of wounds 7th March 1915, age 25.

Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Plot 3. Row C. Grave 79.

Private Henry Dixon is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.