Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\nName:\u00a0<\/strong>Arthur Edward Basil Dixon
DoB: \u00a0<\/strong>September 26 1889
Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>5th<\/sup>\u00a0Batt Loyal North Lancs Regt
DoD: \u00a0<\/strong>June 6 1915
Academic Career: \u00a0<\/strong>CGS 1889 \u2013 1903.\u00a0Denstone College Sept 1903.
Other:<\/strong>son of F P Dixon Esq., 7, Howard Terrace, Carlisle. \u00a0Worked at Messers Dobson & Barlow cotton machine works, Bolton. Joined Fine Spinners Association at Bolton.
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Peter and Arthur were the two youngest sons of Francis Peter and Jane Dixon. The family business had been cotton manufacturing for several generations. The large chimney in Carlisle is still known as Dixon\u2019s Chimney, and was part of their mill. The family wound up the business in 1883. Peter and Arthur\u2019s great grandfather another Peter had established a large family home at Holme Eden, in 1861 he was living there with his family and they had a dozen servants living in! Both great grandsons lived there with a large extended family.<\/p>\n
The Dixon family were well known in Carlisle\u2019s political circles, their father was Mayor of Carlisle on four occasions, their great grandfather had been Carlisle\u2019s mayor too, their gt gt uncle had been High Sheriff of Cumberland and had been an M.P. Other members of the family had also held public office.<\/p>\n
Arthur\u2019s gt grandfather was a devout Christian and he provided the land, and paid for the construction of\u00a0 St.Paul\u2019s Church at Holme Eden near Warwick Bridge, it was consecrated by the Bishop of Carlisle in 1845.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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Arthur was destined for the family business. After leaving Carlisle Grammar School in 1903, he attended Denstone College\u00a0 (1903-8) with his brother and then he went to Bolton to gain experience in Messers Dobson & Barlow\u2019s cotton works. He is listed as a cotton spinning apprentice in 1911. The family must have believed that the sons learned the business from the bottom up! He then went to a cotton mill in Lille.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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With\u00a0the outbreak of war Arthur joined as a private, and was promoted rapidly to 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Lieutenant (1914) and Lieutenant (1915). He was shot through the head on Sunday morning, \u00a0June 6 and died at 6pm. The war diary for June 7 1915 says \u201c\u00a0Lieut Dixon buried 8.30pm., at 19th Field Ambu\u201d.\u00a0<\/em>He was buried in a plantation near where he fell in Flanders. The following is part of his obituary in the Cumberland News \u201cLieutenant T.O.Smith a brother officer, sends the following account of the funeral, under the date June 9th<\/sup><\/i><\/p>\n\u00a0\u201cI managed to get a coffin made. The man who made it was a skilled workman and made a good job of it. It was plain wood, stained oak, with a cross on the lid which was raised and ran the whole length and breadth of the coffin. Major Griffiths and I, accompanied by several of our men, attended at the graveside, when the Rev.J.C.Kennior [a friend of the late Lieutenant Dixon] conducted the burial service. Whilst we were waiting to convey the coffin to the grave the Germans started shelling all around us. They wounded one of the R.A.M.C. men but otherwise did no damage. Our own men carried the coffin to the grave, where his remains were laid to rest in a quiet and solemn manner befitting one who has given his all in his country\u2019s cause. It is very sad that an efficient soldier and a good fellow like him should die, but war demands its toll and the price must be paid in human lives\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i>His brother Peter was killed three years later.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n - \n
DoB: \u00a0<\/strong>September 26 1889
Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>5th<\/sup>\u00a0Batt Loyal North Lancs Regt
DoD: \u00a0<\/strong>June 6 1915
Academic Career: \u00a0<\/strong>CGS 1889 \u2013 1903.\u00a0Denstone College Sept 1903.
Other:<\/strong>son of F P Dixon Esq., 7, Howard Terrace, Carlisle. \u00a0Worked at Messers Dobson & Barlow cotton machine works, Bolton. Joined Fine Spinners Association at Bolton.
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Peter and Arthur were the two youngest sons of Francis Peter and Jane Dixon. The family business had been cotton manufacturing for several generations. The large chimney in Carlisle is still known as Dixon\u2019s Chimney, and was part of their mill. The family wound up the business in 1883. Peter and Arthur\u2019s great grandfather another Peter had established a large family home at Holme Eden, in 1861 he was living there with his family and they had a dozen servants living in! Both great grandsons lived there with a large extended family.<\/p>\n
The Dixon family were well known in Carlisle\u2019s political circles, their father was Mayor of Carlisle on four occasions, their great grandfather had been Carlisle\u2019s mayor too, their gt gt uncle had been High Sheriff of Cumberland and had been an M.P. Other members of the family had also held public office.<\/p>\n
Arthur\u2019s gt grandfather was a devout Christian and he provided the land, and paid for the construction of\u00a0 St.Paul\u2019s Church at Holme Eden near Warwick Bridge, it was consecrated by the Bishop of Carlisle in 1845.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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\n \n Academic Record: <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n \n\n\nArthur was destined for the family business. After leaving Carlisle Grammar School in 1903, he attended Denstone College\u00a0 (1903-8) with his brother and then he went to Bolton to gain experience in Messers Dobson & Barlow\u2019s cotton works. He is listed as a cotton spinning apprentice in 1911. The family must have believed that the sons learned the business from the bottom up! He then went to a cotton mill in Lille.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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\n \n War Service: <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n \n\n\nWith\u00a0the outbreak of war Arthur joined as a private, and was promoted rapidly to 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Lieutenant (1914) and Lieutenant (1915). He was shot through the head on Sunday morning, \u00a0June 6 and died at 6pm. The war diary for June 7 1915 says \u201c\u00a0Lieut Dixon buried 8.30pm., at 19th Field Ambu\u201d.\u00a0<\/em>He was buried in a plantation near where he fell in Flanders. The following is part of his obituary in the Cumberland News \u201cLieutenant T.O.Smith a brother officer, sends the following account of the funeral, under the date June 9th<\/sup><\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cI managed to get a coffin made. The man who made it was a skilled workman and made a good job of it. It was plain wood, stained oak, with a cross on the lid which was raised and ran the whole length and breadth of the coffin. Major Griffiths and I, accompanied by several of our men, attended at the graveside, when the Rev.J.C.Kennior [a friend of the late Lieutenant Dixon] conducted the burial service. Whilst we were waiting to convey the coffin to the grave the Germans started shelling all around us. They wounded one of the R.A.M.C. men but otherwise did no damage. Our own men carried the coffin to the grave, where his remains were laid to rest in a quiet and solemn manner befitting one who has given his all in his country\u2019s cause. It is very sad that an efficient soldier and a good fellow like him should die, but war demands its toll and the price must be paid in human lives\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i>His brother Peter was killed three years later.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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