Date of Birth
1 April 1892
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Trinity Road C.S., Chelmsford
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
Lieutenant
Essex Regiment
South Wales Borderers, 11th Battalion
South Wales Borderers, 2nd Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
21 May 1918
Buried/memorial
Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, France
Biography
Lieutenant Leonard Frederick Dixon attended Borough Road College for two years, and competed in both cricket and football while at the college. Academically he was proficient in geography, music and physics. He is listed as being destined for a school in Chelmsford. Dixon enlisted into the Essex Regiment and was later commissioned into the 11th Battalion South Wales Borderers. Dixon was later attached to 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers. He was killed 21 May 1918 whilst leading his men in a raid, he was 26.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BFSS/2/9/12/10 [BRCFB010], BFSS/2/9/13/11 [BRCFB011] 1916 Annual Report, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), Commonwealth War Graves Commission,http://www.chelmsfordwarmemorial.co.uk/Chelmsford_War_Memorial/DIXON,_LEONARD_FREDERICK.html