A Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

Pair: Private W. B. Dixon, Manchester Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (55023 Pte., Manch. R.); together with memorial plaque (William Baldwin Dixon) reverse of plaque inscribed with details of recipients date of death, place of burial, etc., good very fine (3) £50-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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William Baldwin Dixon was born and lived in Burnley, Lancashire. He died whilst a prisoner of war in Germany on 11 July 1918, having served with the 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He is buried at Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.