Tom B Dix
Memorial: Hawkesbury Upton
Regiment: The Welsh Regiment
Medals: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 8055
Parents: Richard and Harriet Partridge Dix
Home address: Park Street, Hawkesbury Upton, Glos
Date of birth: 1886
Place of birth: Bristol
Date of death: 12/11/1914
Buried/Commemorated at: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 37), Belgium
Age: 28
Further information:
Tom Dix (served as Dicks) was the son of the Richard and Harriet Partridge Dix of Park Street, Hawkesbury Upton, Glos
Tom had been born in Bristol and had been a regular soldier before the war having enlisted in 1903. Recalled from the reserve at the outbreak of war, Tom Served with the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Tom Dix was posted as missing in November 1914 following the First battle of Ypres. His death in action was not confirmed until the spring of 1916
Tom B Dix is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Hawkesbury
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Many thanks to the researcher Simon Bendry
Forces War Records and CWGC