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Elton Lascelles Dixon

In memory of:

Flying Officer Elton Lascelles Dixon

February 20, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/20973

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

439 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Leonard Alexander and Margaret Helmer Dixon, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 291 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

AYR CEMETERY (United Kingdom)
Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. R. 1931 Div. Grave 2719.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Elton Lascelles Dixon is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Elton Lascelles Dixon is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Elton Lascelles Dixon– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Elton Lascelles Dixon– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Time February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Elton Dixon– From:  University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945. 
The book was published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto.  
Submitted with permission, by Operation Picture Me.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Flying Officer Dixon's CWGC headstone in Ayr Cemetery, Scotland.

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