Personal Details

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Nationality Canadian
Date of Birth 12 July 1870
Place of Birth Newton Heath, Manchester, England
Veterinary College and Date of Graduation London - May 1892

Military Service

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Last Rank Captain
Regiment/Service Canadian Veterinary Corps
Secondary Regiment
Secondary Unit
First Theatre of War France 1915

Casualty Details

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Date of Death 27 September 1918
Age at Death 48
Place of Death Hospital Ship Ville de Liege, Sangatt, France
Cause of Death Heart Failure

Cemetery

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Cemetery Les Baraques Military Cemetery
Location Sangatte, France
Grave Reference V.F.4
Commonwealth War Grave Yes - CWGC Heastone
Emblem or Badge on Headstone Canadian Maple Leaf

Honours and Memorials

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Name on RCVS Honour Board No
Name In Officers who died in Great War No
Medals and Awards
  • British War Medal 1914-1918
  • Victory Medal

Biography

Captain Elijah Marsh Dixon MRCVS was born on 12 July 1870 in Newton Heath, Manchester, England. He graduated MRCVS on 20 May 1892 from the Royal College of London.

Elijah served in the Boer War in South Africa before migrating to Canada.

Elijah enlisted at Camp Valcartier, Valcartier, Quebec, on the 9th of September 1914.

He was sent to France on 8th February 1915. He first served with the 1st Canadian Artillery Brigade and then the Canadian Veterinary Hospital at Havre. At the time of his death, he was attached to the 2nd Canadian Veterinary Section.

Captain Marsh died while speaking to other patients on the deck of the Ambulance Transport Ville de Liege at about 11.45 on the morning of September 27th, 1918. He collapsed, and although the deck Medical Officer was immediately called, he expired very shortly from heart failure.

He is buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery, France.

Captain Dixon’s death was reported in the Veterinary Journal,dated October 1918.

Media and Documents

Record of Marsh’s Death
Record of Marsh's Death