Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
Elijah Marsh DIXON
Captain
Died 27 September 1918 · Aged 48
His story
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.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- 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
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
- First Theatre of War
- France 1915
Medals and commemoration
- 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
Death and burial
- 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
- 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
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Record of Elijah Marsh Dixon’s death — reproduced document
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Elijah Marsh Dixon”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/elijah_marsh_dixon/.
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