Bernard Cooke Dixon

Major General Bernard Edward Cooke Dixon CB CBE MC (7 September 1896 – 9 October 1973) was a senior British Army officer.

Bernard Cooke Dixon
Born7 September 1896
Tyldesley, Lancashire, England[1]
Died9 October 1973
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor General
UnitRoyal Engineers
Battles/warsFirst World War, Second World War
AwardsCB, CBE, MC

Biography

Born on 7 September 1896, Bernard Cooke Dixon was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He received his first commission in the Royal Engineers in 1915 and served in France during the First World War. During the Second World War he served in the Middle East, between 1940 and 1943, and in Italy, between 1943 and 1944. He was Engineer-in-Charge at General Headquarters, Middle East, between 1944 and 1947, and Chief Engineer, Headquarters, Western Command, between 1947 and 1948.[2]

Major General Bernard Cooke Dixon was invested as a Companion of the Order of the British Empire in 1944,[3] and as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1947.[4] He retired from the British Army in 1948. In the early 1950s he was Managing Director of East Kilbride Development Corporation.[5] Bernard Cooke Dixon died on 9 October 1973.

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References
  1. 1911 England Census
  2. Who's Who
  3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36850/supplement/5843/data.pdf
  4. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37977/supplement/2573/data.pdf
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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