William Dixon-Sutton

Born: 1898

Died: 9th August 1918

Rank and Regiment: Private 27116 in the 7th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment

Resting Place: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany - VIII. D. 10.

Memorials: All Saints, Brandon Parva, United Kingdom

William Dixon-Sutton was born in 1898. Together with his three brothers, he attended Bracondale School in Norwich. The full details of this can be found on his brother George’s page.

William enlisted on the 5th June 1916. His address was given as The Hall, Brandon Parva, and his occupation was recorded as “Miller”. Curiously, he stood only 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 120 lb (8 stone 8 lb).

A note survives in his military records indicating that he was taken prisoner and subsequently died in captivity. He sustained a gunshot wound to the thigh and was taken to a Prisoner-of-War camp at Langensalza in central Germany. He was wounded and reported missing in action on the 9th March 1918, though his mother was not notified until May 1918.

He died of his wounds in the Auxiliary Municipal Hospital, Quedlinburg on the 9th August 1918. He was initially buried at Quedlinburg Central Cemetery, Saxony, but with two other men was exhumed and reburied at Niederzwehren Cemetery, so that they could be in a recognised military cemetery where their graves would be properly maintained. Also buried in Niederzwehren is Hardingham’s William Foster.

On his grave, William is listed as “Son of Mrs Kate Dixon-Sutton, of Brandon Parva, Wymondham, Norfolk”. He was also posthumously awarded the Victory and British War Medals which were collected by his father.

After William’s death, his mother was required to list the members of his family and his brothers John, Frank and Mark are noted. George, of course, had died by then. Her address is given as Monk’s Hall, Brandon Parva.

War Memorial at Bracondale School

Niederzwehren Cemetery