Sapper Percy W Dixon, 112673
- Batt -
- Unit - Royal Engineers
- Section - 172nd Tunnelling Company
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 14/02/1916
- Age - 20
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Thomas and Alice Lucy Dixon. Other sources show his place of residence as Huntington, Staffs.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. The following information was kindly shared with the project by D Clamp in 2016: "Percy was killed on 14/2/1916 at a site called The Bluff which is just outside Ypres. I have his medals and death plaque ( my grandma Adelaide Mary was his sister ) On 14/2/2016 i attended the last post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres and laid a wreath on behalf of myself, brother John and sister Julie. As he has no known grave his name is recorded on the wall of the Menin Gate ( in the section for the Royal Engineers ) along with about 54,000 others! His brother Victor John was killed 23/3/1918 and is buried at the New British Cemetary at Noyon. Younger brother Harrison was wounded but returned home."
- Conflict - World War I
- Place of death - The Bluff, nr Ypres, Belgium
- Burial Place - No known grave
- Unit - Royal Engineers
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Ypres (menin Gate) Mem., Belgium
- Born - Ellesmere, Salop
- Enlisted - London
- Place of Residence - Birds Hill Cottages, Measham, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - APPLEBY MAGNA MEM., LEICS
