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| Dixon, Charles Anthony (RNR) | ||||||
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| Dixon, Frank Eric Patrick | ||||||
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| Dixon, George | ||||||
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| Dixon, George Russell | ||||||
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| Dixon, John | ||||||
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| Dixon, Reginald Charles | ||||||
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| Dixon, Samuel Hughes DSM | ||||||
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| Samuel Dixon was born in October 1910, the son of Samuel and Agnes Dixon and entered the Royal Navy in 1928. He joined the submarine branch in February 1942 as a Petty Officer Torpedo Gunner’s Mate. He served in HM Submarines L26 and H50 before joining HMS Splendid in October 1942. Vice Admiral Sir Ian McGeoch, who had been his Commanding Officer at that time said of him later 'a calm and utterly reliable torpedo expert, one of the finest men I was privileged to be shipmates with. I certainly recommended him for a decoration, he richly deserved it.' One of the survivors when Splendid was forced to the surface after a depth charge attack, Dixon was held as a PoW in Italy and then transferred to Germany. He was killed in a strafing raid by USAAF Mustang aircraft near Halberstadt on 19 February 1945 during a forced march by his German captors away from the advancing Red Army. He left a widow, Agnes, in Folkestone, Kent. He was awarded the DSM (see London Gazette date 6th Apr 1943) his medal was presented to his wife. |
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| Dixon, Thomas | ||||||
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.
There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.
It is the most dangerous of all services.
That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.
I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.
Winston Churchill
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My father was in the Navy during the Second World War and when he was on his way back, I can remember standing with my mother at the gate, asking,
In the near future a French Submarine find’s itself in a global crisis when a group of terrorists steal a submarine and simulate a nuclear attack,
Commandant Grandchamp and his expert acoustic analysts must defy their own governments orders amid high-stake international tensions and battle to save the world from apocalypse.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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