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did five months training in England and then joined the BEF
in France having been transferred from the Suffolk Regiment to
the London Regiment. He joined the 3/24th London Regiment
as it went out to France on 15th June 1916. He was there for a
year and would have been involved in the battle of the Somme
and the battle of Arras.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal 25th May 1917.
He returned to England on 13th June 1917 and was discharged
from the army on 4th Dec that year, having been wounded in
his left side.
It is possible that he is the John Dixon whose death was recorded
in Peterborough in February 1973 aged 80.
DIXON Thomas Cleve
Private 4132 2/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post
Office Rifles)
Private 371810 1/8th Battalion, London Regiment
Born May 1890 in Kings Cliffe, Thomas was the son of Harry
and Janet Dixon of West Street, Kings Cliffe.
Thomas’s father, Harry, was a local innkeeper. In January
1912 Thomas moved to Peterborough when he joined the
Peterborough Post Office.
In January 1916, along with his brother Jack, he joined the New
Army and became part of “The Post Office Rifles.” They were
part of the 28th Division who, in late March and early April 1918,
were involved in the Battle of St Quentin (21st March – 3rd
April). It was during this battle that Thomas went missing.
An article in the Peterborough Standard 17th April 1918 reads –
“Missing – Private T. Dixon, son of Mr H.E. Dixon, London Regiment is
missing. He has been wounded three times, and during his sick leave
was married at Paignton, Devon, a year ago. He had been postman at
Kings Cliffe and Stamford.”
In mid 1918 Thomas’s parents heard that he was a prisoner of war
in Germany and that he had been taken prisoner in the big push on
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in France having been transferred from the Suffolk Regiment to
the London Regiment. He joined the 3/24th London Regiment
as it went out to France on 15th June 1916. He was there for a
year and would have been involved in the battle of the Somme
and the battle of Arras.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal 25th May 1917.
He returned to England on 13th June 1917 and was discharged
from the army on 4th Dec that year, having been wounded in
his left side.
It is possible that he is the John Dixon whose death was recorded
in Peterborough in February 1973 aged 80.
DIXON Thomas Cleve
Private 4132 2/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post
Office Rifles)
Private 371810 1/8th Battalion, London Regiment
Born May 1890 in Kings Cliffe, Thomas was the son of Harry
and Janet Dixon of West Street, Kings Cliffe.
Thomas’s father, Harry, was a local innkeeper. In January
1912 Thomas moved to Peterborough when he joined the
Peterborough Post Office.
In January 1916, along with his brother Jack, he joined the New
Army and became part of “The Post Office Rifles.” They were
part of the 28th Division who, in late March and early April 1918,
were involved in the Battle of St Quentin (21st March – 3rd
April). It was during this battle that Thomas went missing.
An article in the Peterborough Standard 17th April 1918 reads –
“Missing – Private T. Dixon, son of Mr H.E. Dixon, London Regiment is
missing. He has been wounded three times, and during his sick leave
was married at Paignton, Devon, a year ago. He had been postman at
Kings Cliffe and Stamford.”
In mid 1918 Thomas’s parents heard that he was a prisoner of war
in Germany and that he had been taken prisoner in the big push on
61
