Life story: George Frederick Hayes Dickson | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	George Frederick Hayes
Initials	GFH
Last Name	Dickson
Source	1633981

Gender	Source
Male

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	Royal Welsh Fusiliers		Lieutenant Colonel
British Army	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	2nd Battalion	Major
British Army	Royal Welsh Fusiliers Reserve of Officers	GHQ Staff &c Railway Transport Officer	Major

Award	Type	Source
1914 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates
George Frederick Thomas Benson Dickson	son	3rd August 1914
Elizabeth Grace Dickson	daughter	5th June 1916
Frances Anne Dickson	daughter	18th February 1920
John Arthur Benson Dickson	son	4th May 1918

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Harriett Elizabeth Dickson	mother
Arthur Benson Dickson	father

Name	Relationship	Dates
Arthur Dickson	brother	18th November 1867
Frances Amy Dickson	sister	1st August 1869
Ida Harriett Marian Dickson	sister	28th November 1875
Mabel Jane Dickson	sister	17th April 1872

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Grace Robertson	wife	5th March 1913

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Richard24355
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription	Richard24355
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Richard24355
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Richard24355
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Richard24355
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Richard24355
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Richard24355

Reference	Connected by	More information
gazetted 2nd Lt RWF	Richard24355
gazetted Major RWF 19/10/1912	Richard24355
gazetted retired 19/4/1913	Richard24355
gazetted RTO, Reserve of Officers 25/8/14	Richard24355
1st Battalion RWF war diary 1915	Richard24355
gazetted special appointment	Richard24355
gazetted temp. Lt. Col.	Richard24355
gazetted Lt. Col. RWF	Richard24355
gazetted removed from Res. of Off. 1928	Richard24355
Gazetted 2nd Lt 3rd Border Regt (Militia), 1892	Richard24355
gazetted Lt, 3rd battn the Border Regt. (Militia) 1893	Richard24355
gazetted mentioned in despatches Feb 1915	Richard24355
gazetted correction to mention in despatches February 1915	Richard24355
Transportation on the Western Front	Richard24355
gazetted Lt RWF	Richard24355
Gaetted Captain RWF 1903	Richard24355
gazette: Mentioned in Despatches Jan 1916	Richard24355
gazette: Deputy Assistant Director of Railway Transport 1/10/1914	Richard24355
GFHD's archive at the RWF Museum	Richard24355
Old Soldier Sahib	Richard24355
Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers vol III	Richard24355

Title	Connected by	More information
Lt-Col George Frederick Hayes Dickson	John25589
George's children	Richard24355
George's siblings	Richard24355
George's Obituary	Richard24355
George's engagement and marriage	Richard24355
George's activities 1913-15	Richard24355
George's career after Festubert	Richard24355
Officer Cadet Battalion 21 - Sep 27 1917	John25589
Officer Cadet Battalion 21 - Sep 27 1917	John25589

ID: 1633981

Reference: WO372/6

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/1636008

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 6154750

Title: gazetted 2nd Lt RWF

Description: Gazette Issue 26518 published on the 1 June 1894. Page 3191 The RW F, Lieutenant -George Frederick Hayes Dickson, from 3rd Battalion, the Border Regiment, to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 2nd June, 1894.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26518/page/3191
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Additional: His mother recorded this gazette entry in an album

ID: 6154784

Title: gazetted Major RWF 19/10/1912

Description: Gazette Issue 28654 published on the 18 October 1912. The RWF, Major Oswald S. Flower retires on retired pay. Dated 19th October, 1912. Captain George F. H. Dickson to be Major. Dated 19th October, 1912.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28654/page/7686
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Additional: Names match, military details match

ID: 6154794

Title: gazetted retired 19/4/1913

Description: Gazette Issue 28711 published on the 18 April 1913. The RWF, Major George F. H. Dickson retires on retired pay. Dated 19th April, 1913

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28711/page/2811
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Additional: Everything matches. He'd just got married.

ID: 6155561

Title: gazetted RTO, Reserve of Officers 25/8/14

Description: Gazette Issue 28879 published on the 25 August Pages 6692-3 Railway Transport Officers (graded for purposes of pay as Staff Captains): — ...Major George F. H. Dickson, Reserve of Officers

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28879/page/6692
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Additional: Names, initials, rank and reserve status match

ID: 6155581

Name: The National Archives WO 95/1665/1

Title: 1st Battalion RWF war diary 1915

Description: RWF-1-Batt-14-17- WO-95-1665-1_1 pages 34-61 24 March -16 May culminating in the battle of Festubert

Connected by: Richard24355

Additional: Names, rank and regiment match. His signature on some of the pages.

ID: 6155590

Title: gazetted special appointment

Description: Gazette Issue 29434 published on the 11 January 1916. SPECIAL APPOINTMENT. (Graded for purposes of pay as a Staff Captain.) Major George F. H. Dickson, Reserve of Officers. Dated 17th December, 1915.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29434/page/452
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Additional: Names and rank match

ID: 6155598

Title: gazetted temp. Lt. Col.

Description: Gazette Issue 29562 published on the 28 April 1916. to be temp. Lt.-Col. whilst comdg. a group of Young Officers Companies: - Maj. G. F. H. Dickson, Res. of Off. 8th Apr. 1916.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29562/page/4269
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Additional: Names rank and appointment match

ID: 6155603

Title: gazetted Lt. Col. RWF

Description: The London Gazette (supplement; Issue 32335 published on the 26 May 1921, page 4180.)R. W. Fus. — Maj. G. F. H. Dickson to be Lt.-Col. 2nd Mar. 1919

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32335/supplement/4180
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Additional: Names, rank and regiment match

ID: 6155607

Title: gazetted removed from Res. of Off. 1928

Description: Gazette Issue 33434 published on the 30 October 1928, p.7017: The undermentioned, having attained the age limit of liability to recall, cease to belong to the Res. of Off. :-…R.W.Fus. Lt. Col. G.F.H.Dickson 25 Aug. 1928

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33434/page/7017
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Additional: Names rank and regiment match

ID: 6156196

Title: Gazetted 2nd Lt 3rd Border Regt (Militia), 1892

Description: The London Gazette March 22, 1892, p. 1705, under Militia, 3rd Battalion, the Border Regiment: George Frederick Hayes Dickson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 14th March, 1892

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26270/page/1705
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Additional: Names and rank agree. His mother recorded this in an album

ID: 6156199

Title: gazetted Lt, 3rd battn the Border Regt. (Militia) 1893

Description: Gazette Issue 26373 published on the 17 February 1893. Page 882 3rd Battalion, the Border Regiment, The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:- G. F. H. Dickson. Dated 18th February,1893

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26373/page/882
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Additional: Names and rank agree. His mother recorded this promotion in an album.

ID: 6156762

Title: gazetted mentioned in despatches Feb 1915

Description: supplement to C-in-C's 6th despatch

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29072/supplement/1648
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Additional: names are corrected in the correction published in April. Rank is correct

ID: 6156771

Title: gazetted correction to mention in despatches February 1915

Description: The following corrections are notified: —Staff. For Major G. J. Dickson read Major G. F. H. Dickson.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29120/supplement/3412
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Additional: names and rank match

ID: 6159095

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Richard24355

UPP: BMD/B/1873/3/AZ/000141/255

Additional: The details all match to the same information from family sources

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6159100

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Richard24355

UPP: BMD/M/1913/1/AZ/000240/091

Additional: The details all accord with family sources

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6159102

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Richard24355

UPP: BMD/D/1957/4/AZ/000309/072

Additional: all the details agree with family sources

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6159123

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Richard24355

UPP: GBC/1881/0000712111

Additional: all details match, and agree with family sources

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6159126

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Richard24355

UPP: GBC/1891/0024048438

Additional: all details agree and also with family sources

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6159128

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Richard24355

UPP: GBC/1901/0023651418

Additional: exact match on all counts

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6159141

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Richard24355

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/25606/0181/3

Additional: All details agree with known facts and previous censuses except the transcript has the wrong second initial

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 6623539

Title: Transportation on the Western Front

Description: Official Book by Colonel A M Henniker

Connected by: Richard24355

URL: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000400715
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Additional: Rank, initials and name match, regiment matches, appointment as RTO matches

ID: 6642708

Name: Gazette Issue 26791 published on the 3 November 1896. Page 5977

Title: gazetted Lt RWF

Description: The Royal Welsh Fusiliers:... Second Lieutenant G. F. H. Dickson to be Lieutenant, vice H. O. S. Cadogan. Dated 7th September, 1896.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26791/page/6009
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Additional: Surname and initials match. Rank matches.

ID: 6644924

Name: The London Gazette Issue 27526 published on the 20 February 1903, p. 1132

Title: Gaetted Captain RWF 1903

Description: Lieutenant George F.H. Dickson to be Captain, vice Brevet Major C.M. Dobell, D.S.O. Dated 22nd January, 1903

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27526/page/1132
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Additional: Names and initials match, rank matches, regiment matches

ID: 6650350

Name: London gazette issue 29422 published 31/12/1915

Title: gazette: Mentioned in Despatches Jan 1916

Description: Royal Welsh Fusiliers....Dickson, Major G. F. H., Reserve of Officers.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29422/supplement/40
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Additional: Surname and initials match, regiment matches, rank matches

ID: 6652016

Title: gazette: Deputy Assistant Director of Railway Transport 1/10/1914

Description: Gazette Issue 28981 published on 20/11/1914 page 9542 Deputy Assistant Directors of Railway Transport—(Graded for purposes of pay as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-Generals.) Dated 1st October, 1914. Major George F. H. Dickson, Reserve of Officers

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28981/page/9542
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Additional: Names and initials match, rank matches. He had been an RTO under the command of a Capt in the hectic days of the deployment of the BEF. This appointment will have rectified this anomaly.

ID: 6653854

Title: Lt-Col George Frederick Hayes Dickson

Description: In uniform with decorations after end of World War 1; photo by H Vandyk of London.

Connected by: John25589

ID: 8955459

Name: RWF Museum

Reference: Currently held at Wrexham Museum

Title: GFHD's archive at the RWF Museum

Description: 21 scrapbooks compiled by his mother covering his military career 1896-1915. Photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. A detailed contemporary archive.

Connected by: Richard24355

ID: 8959067

Name: ISBN 0-9547252-1-2

Reference: Illustrated and annotated edition, ed Krijnen and Langley

Title: Old Soldier Sahib

Description: Pte Frank Richards story of his service in the RWF 1901-1909. Most of this service was in C coy 2nd bn RWF which was commanded throughout Frank Richards' service by GFHD. Many photographs in the illustrated edition were taken from the scrapbooks compiled by GFHD's mother now in the RWF museum collection

Connected by: Richard24355

Additional: Many photographs in the scrapbooks show both GFHD and Frank Richards, labelled with their names.

ID: 8959742

Name: Naval and Military Press 2005

Reference: by Major C H Dudley Ward

Title: Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers vol III

Description: The official history of the RWF, France and Flanders 1914-18

Connected by: Richard24355

Additional: Everything matches

ID: 8994271

Title: George's children

Description: From his mother's family pedigree album. This must have been entered by George, his wife or one of his siblings as his mother died in August 1918.

Connected by: Richard24355

Additional: This album is owned by my cousin Michael Dickson and was photographed by my brother-in-law Kurt Müller

ID: 8994291

Title: George's siblings

Description: From his mother's family pedigree album. Mabel Jane Dickson died 26 April 1878 aged 6.

Connected by: Richard24355

Additional: This album belongs to my cousin Michael Dickson and was photographed by my brother-in-law Kurt Müller.

ID: 9159369

Title: George's Obituary

Description: This should be a story, but would be unintelligible without paragraph breaks

Connected by: Richard24355

ID: 9159372

Title: George's engagement and marriage

Description: This should be a story but would be unintelligible without paragraph breaks

Connected by: Richard24355

Additional: From vol 20 of the scrapbooks in GFHD's collection in the RWF museum archive, interpreted with family knowledge

ID: 9159375

Title: George's activities 1913-15

Description: This should really be a story but would be unintelligible without formatting

Connected by: Richard24355

ID: 9466520

Title: George's career after Festubert

Description: This should really be a story, but would be unintelligible without formatting

Connected by: Richard24355

ID: 9467592

Title: Officer Cadet Battalion 21 - Sep 27 1917

Description: Farewell smoking concert on the occasion of the departure of no. 13 platoon - by kind permission of Lt-Col. G F H Dickson

Connected by: John25589

Additional: My grandfather, Lt-Col Dickson, commanded 21 OCB at Crookham, near Aldershot, from 20 Feb to 1 Oct 1917

ID: 9467594

Title: Officer Cadet Battalion 21 - Sep 27 1917

Description: Farewell smoking concert for no. 13 platoon, inside of programme

Connected by: John25589

Additional: My grandfather, Lt-Col Dickson, commanded no. 21 Officer Cadet Battalion at Crookham from 20 Feb to 1 Oct 1917.

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