Basic Details
Surname
Dixon
Forenames
Carl Penrose
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra detail. He was an engineering student who enlisted when his father, a vicar who has served in the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia, returned from the war. He was wounded in the thigh and abdomen whilst piloting a reconnaissance aircraft but, despite returning to base, he died 4 days later in a casulayt clearing station.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
25
Age at death
19
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial