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Bernard Cooke Dixon
British Army general

Bernard Cooke Dixon

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British Army general
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Gender
Male
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Place of birth
Tyldesley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Place of death
Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Age
77 years
Education
Royal Military Academy
Awards
Military Cross
 
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
 
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Biography

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

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.

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

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