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The CWGC record Lance Corporal John Harvey Dixon as the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dixon, of 51 Ormeau Road, Belfast. |
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The Honour Roll of the Central Presbyterian Association list both John and his brother Benjamin R Dixon as having served with the 14th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles. |
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Lance Corporal Dixon has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. |
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Lance Corporal John Dixon was serving with 14th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action on 16th August 1917. He was 25 years old. |
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John Dixon enlisted in Belfast. |
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The 1911 census lists John as age 19 living with the family at house 36 in Hardcastle Street, Windsor Ward, Belfast. John was working as a Stationer’s Apprentice. |
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By 1901, the family had moved to Belfast. The 1901 census lists John as age 9 living with the family at house 12 in Maryville Street, Windsor Ward, Antrim. Their eldest sister was deaf and dumb. |
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Family: Joseph Dixon, Elizabeth Dixon, Joseph Dixon (born about 1882, England), Elizabeth Dixon (born about 1884, England), Benjamin R Dixon (born about 1886, England), Robert Dixon (born about 1890, County Londonderry), John Harvey Dixon (born about 1892, Magherafelt). |
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John Dixon was born about 1892 in Magherafelt. |
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Up until 1886 at least, the family lived in England. Joseph Dixon was a watch maker. |
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John Harvey Dixon was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dixon |
