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Private BENJAMIN DIXON

Service Number: 250544
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

XVI. A. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Dorothy Dixon, of Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription BEN LAID HIS ALL ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY NOW HE LIVES WITH GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2112
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