DIXON, Peter Cory
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Service Number:
140423
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Wednesday, June 7, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
29
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Captain Peter Dixon B.A., a Royal Artillery Forward Observation Officer attached to 41RM Commando, was killed during an enemy air attack on the Commando HQ. He received a Mention in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe. Son of Michael Cory Dixon and of Ethel Eliza Dixon, of Liverpool.
- 25 November 1941 (Second Lieutenant) (3 R.H.A) wounded in action Western Desert, Middle East.
Sources
CWGC.
London Gazette 36917, page 679 published 1945.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/2.
The book "They did what was asked of them’ author Raymond Mitchell.
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