Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Stephen and Helen Dexter of Barrowden, Rutland, and the husband of E. Beatrice Dexter, prior to joining the army he worked at the Wakerley and Pilton Ironstone Mines. He enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment in October 1914, and was sent to Ireland at the time of the rebellion, and then went to France with the Machine Gun Corps. To which he had been transferred in September 1916. On November 21st following, his legs were shattered by a shell and one had to be amputated. He was in hospital in Rouen and everything was done to save his life, but he succumbed on the 25th and was buried at St. Sever Cemetery. Private Dexter dictated a pathetic letter to the chaplain, his last letter to his wife and children, in which he said:- “The shrapnel has turned out to be poisonous so daddy has only one leg now. But, after all, we have tons to be thankful for. Don’t worry in the least, as everyone is most kind… If all goes well, I am sure to come to England, and I hope it will not be long before we meet.” He leaves his widow with three children.