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Pte. Matthew Burnett Dixon
British Army 18th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Windy Nook
(d.25th Oct 1918)
Matthew Dixon joined the Northumberland Fusiliers early on, serving in the 1st Tyneside Pioneers with his 2 brothers. His youngest brother was killed in Belgium at Passchendaele 4th September 1917, Francis Albert Dixon and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
Matthew died at the end of the war we think the Battle of Cambrai and is buried in Awoingt Cemetery died 25th October 1918 aged 27. His other brother, Robert, survived and came home to Windy Nook Gateshead.
They where the 3 brothers of my beloved Grandmother. We have been to their graves and paid our respect to them both which was a very moving experience