Bernard Cooke Dixon

Bernard Cooke Dixon
Bernard Cooke Dixon
Born	7 September 1896; Tyldesley, Lancashire, England
Died	9 October 1973 (aged 77); Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Major General
Service number	11443
Unit	Royal Engineers
Battles / wars	First World War, Second World War
Awards	CB, CBE, MC

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 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.^[3]

Dixon was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1944^[4] and as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1947.^[5] He retired from the British Army in 1948. In the early 1950s he was managing director of East Kilbride Development Corporation.^[6] He died on 9 October 1973.

^ 1911 England Census
^ "No. 30308". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 September 1917. p. 9974.
^ "Dixon, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Edward Cooke, (7 Sept. 1896–9 Oct. 1973)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood" (PDF). The London Gazette. No. 36850. 19 December 1944. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood" (PDF). The London Gazette. No. 37977. 12 June 1947. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Prologue". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.