{"id":579,"date":"2012-03-12T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T10:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2025-01-10T12:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T12:16:32","slug":"edward-leslie-dixon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/old-boys\/edward-leslie-dixon\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Leslie Dixon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/eldixon-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/eldixon-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/eldixon-630x580.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/eldixon.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Name:<\/strong> Edward Leslie Dixon<\/span> <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"> <strong>DoB:<\/strong>\u00a0August 23 1896<\/span> <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"> <strong>Regt:<\/strong>\u00a0Corporal 23929 B Company 15th Durham Light Infantry <br \/>\n<strong>DoD:<\/strong>\u00a0January 11 1916<\/span> <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"> <strong>School Career<\/strong>: 1911-14<\/span> <br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Biographical Information:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-579\" data-postid=\"579\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-579 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_84fcdc0 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_1835f66 first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_38a6d94 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   tb_default_color\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-38a6d94-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-38a6d94-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-38a6d94-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-38a6d94-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_cqr9447\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_5ra2447 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ckp6447   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Edward was Cumbrian through and through. His home was Silloth where his mother Mary was born. His father, Nicol Dixon, came from Aspatria, and his grandfather was from Wigton. Edward Senior had been a groom and coachman at Baggrow in 1891. Nichol was a grocers manager, and later ran the Cooperative store. He and Mary had three sons; Edward was the eldest.Their home address was 10 Caldew Street, Silloth.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-38a6d94-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-38a6d94-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            School Record:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-38a6d94-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-38a6d94-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_p0rs447\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_sohi447 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_kj2l447   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>School Career 1911-1914. Edward was good at sport. He played for the school Rugby team in 1912 and 1913 and was in the cricket team in 1914. He was prominent at athletics. Later he assisted Silloth Rugby Club in some of their important matches playing as a half-back and as a three-quarter.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-38a6d94-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-38a6d94-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Service:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-38a6d94-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-38a6d94-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_93ln447\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_xckw447 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_btl5447   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Edward fought in the Battle of Loos, dying of shrapnel wounds in No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, France. A letter from his commanding officer read: \u201c<em>he was killed in the execution of an important and dangerous duty (he was guarding an important bridge). He was wounded by shell fire and died after removal to hospital. Your son had earned the respect and esteem of his brother soldiers, officers\u2026I had already secured his promotion to corporal in order to give him opportunities of learning to command. His battalion loses a good comrade and the army a promising young life<\/em>\u201d. He was only 19 years old. He is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-38a6d94-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-38a6d94-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Other:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-38a6d94-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-38a6d94-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_yqu7447\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_emmk447 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_1nwq447   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>At the outbreak of war Edward was apprenticed to a chemist in Wigton.<\/p>\n<p>After his death a memorial service was held which was \u201c<em>packed with a sympathetic congregation<\/em>\u201d who heard the Rev. RA Humble speak of the \u201cadmirable qualities\u201d of Corporal Dixon.<\/p>\n<p>On his grave is inscribed \u201c<em>Old Carliol. Floreat Schola Carliolensis<\/em>\u201d. Clearly his education had meant a lot to his family; so much that they would inscribe the Grammar School motto on his last resting place: \u201c<em>In Carlisle will education flourish.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-38a6d94-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-38a6d94-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-38a6d94-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-38a6d94-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_v5em447\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_0h78447 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_univ447   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlisle School Memorial Register 1264-1924<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Census: 1911 RG\/1431382; 1901 RG13\/3876; 1891 RG12\/4297; 1881 RG 11\/5166<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Cumberland News 22 January 1916 and 29 January 1916<\/p>\n<p>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CWGC<\/p>\n<p>e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/\">www.ancestry.co.uk<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Information Name: Edward Leslie Dixon DoB:\u00a0August 23 1896 Regt:\u00a0Corporal 23929 B Company 15th Durham Light Infantry DoD:\u00a0January 11 1916 School Career: 1911-14 Biographical Information: Family Background: Edward was Cumbrian through and through. His home was Silloth where his mother Mary was born. His father, Nicol Dixon, came from Aspatria, and his grandfather was from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4963,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions\/4963"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}