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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Brinscall, Chorley
• Land Lancashire, England
• Last residence Wheelton, Lancashire
• Family Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jane Dixon, of Calender Cottage, Wheelton, Chorley, Lancashire; four brothers also served: Harry, John and Nathan (same regiment as Herbert), Chris with the Field Artillery; John (also Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Batt) died during the First Action at the Somme and is remembered at Theipval Memorial. The other brothers survived the war;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Preston
• Service number 12210
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 7th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
• Other data related to military career to France on 17 July 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds in the back, penetrating the lungs, in n°2 Can CCS;
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XV - F - 16

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