Tag Archives: Commonwealth War Dead

Charles Edward Dixon: Casualty 380202

Published: December 10, 2005    Last modified: November 14, 2016

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Charles Edward Dixon
Marton Cemetery
Trent Port Road, Marton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Charles Edward Dixon, Private 31811, died 14 April 1917, aged 19 years.

Name: Dixon
Initials: C E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit Text: 3rd Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 14/04/1917
Service No: 31811
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Mary Dixon, of Marton, Gainsborough. (see Note: 1)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 32.
Cemetery: Marton Cemetery

Buried at Marton Cemetery, Trent Port Road, Marton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

To view the Casualty Details and Certificate at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website please click here.

Notes:
Charles Edward DIXON 1898-1917 was the son of my great grandparents Samuel DIXON 1869-1906 and Mary Maria DIXON (née Mary Maria MAPLETHORPE 1878-1964). Samuel DIXON 1869-1906 died of Tuberculosis on the 20th of November 1906, age 37 years. Mary Maria CARTER (née Mary Maria MAPLETHORPE 1878-1964) married her second husband Joseph CARTER 1877-1959 in 1913.

Updates:
2007-12-05 Added to the gallery a photograph of Charles' headstone at Marton Cemetery, Trent Port Road, Marton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

William Henry Ashforth: Casualty 771110

Published: May 13, 2005    Last modified: February 4, 2017

William Henry Ashforth 1896-1916

William Henry Ashforth 1896-1916

William Henry ASHFORTH, Private 13699, died 10 July 1916, aged 20 years.
Initials: W H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Unit Text: "B" Coy. 11th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 10/07/1916
Service No: 13699
Additional information: Son of William Henry and Florence Ashforth, of 173, Cuthbert Bank Rd., Sheffield.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial