Born: 18th February 1919
Died: 1976
Served as First Lieutenant on HMS Reading.
Married Marjorie Roberts (née Squires)
Referenced in Jeffrey Brock’s memoir ‘The Dark Broad Seas’:
from Google Book Search
“You might like to see what I have found out about the history of the U Boat Attack periscope we have here at Elton.
“Lulu’s great grandfather , Michaerl Dixon-Spain was a young officer aboard HMS Bazely from 1943-1945.
“It was cut off by Michael Dixon Spain before the U Boat, which had surrendered at the Port of Londonderry , (Lough Foyle) at the end of the war, was taken out with the rest of the surrendered U Boats and scuttled /sank off the NW coast of Northern Ireland.
“We have a Cigarette Box given to Michael and Marjorie by the Wardroom of HMS Bazeley on the occasion of their marriage in 1944.”
Tony D’Alton
Photos of HMS Bazely:
