WW1: 100 years ago today 16/11/1915: Remembering Private J Ashcroft 1st Bn. Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, France.

Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt is about 5km south-east of Albert, Somme (actually right at the end of the Albert Aerodrome runway).

WW2: Major Richard Harold Dixon MC (Age 29) Leros War Cemetery, Greece. Son of The Revd. Canon Alfred Cecil Dixon, B.A., and of Blanche Marguerite Dixon, of Little Sutton, Cheshire.

Leros War Cemetery is on the Island of Leros, quite close to the Turkish coast (Bodrum). So the question why was a 29 year old Major and MC here? If I find out I’ll let you know.

From Crookenden’s history of the regiment in WW2….”the loss in action of Richard Dixon deprived the Regiment of one of it’s finest and most promising officers.”

So far the blog is raising more questions than answers for me…..