{"id":26,"date":"2008-03-05T20:15:27","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T20:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dixon-spain.arbu.biz\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2013-05-23T07:40:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T13:40:51","slug":"4-lt-roger-michael-dixon-spain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/spaynes\/thomas-dixon-spain\/m-unknown\/5-thomas-dixon-spain-rev\/fanny-millgate-plumtree\/harry-selwyn-dixon-spain\/alice-burnett-thompson\/4-lt-roger-michael-dixon-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"4. Roger Michael Dixon-Spain (Lt.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Born: 18th February 1919<\/p>\n

Died: 1976<\/p>\n

Served as First Lieutenant on HMS Reading.
\nMarried Marjorie Roberts (n\u00e9e Squires)<\/p>\n

Referenced in Jeffrey Brock’s memoir ‘The Dark Broad Seas’:\"RMDS-the-dark-broad-seas-BROCK\"<\/a><\/p>\n

from Google Book Search<\/a><\/p>\n

“You might like to see what I have found out about\u00a0 the history of the U Boat Attack periscope we have here at Elton.<\/p>\n

“Lulu\u2019s great grandfather , Michaerl Dixon-Spain was a young officer aboard HMS Bazely from 1943-1945.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“We have a Cigarette Box given to Michael and Marjorie by the Wardroom of HMS Bazeley on the occasion of their marriage in 1944.”<\/p>\n

Tony D’Alton<\/em><\/p>\n

Photos of HMS Bazely:<\/p>\n

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Born: 18th February 1919 Died: 1976 Served as First Lieutenant on HMS Reading. Married Marjorie Roberts (n\u00e9e 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\u00a0 the history of the U Boat Attack periscope we have here at Elton. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/286"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourillustriousfamily.com\/dixon-spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}