In memory of

Major

Leonard Lloyd Dickin

who died on 22 Sep 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Major
  Service number ------
  Date of death 19440922
  Cause of death died of wounds
Narrative history
  Major (South Saskatchewan Regiment) Leonard Lloyd Dickin (b.1915) of Saskatoon died 19440922 and is buried at Brookwood military cemetery near London, England. Dickin was mentioned in despatches for his role in the Dieppe raid, and died in hospital in England from wounds sustained in Normandy two years later. Leonard was the son of Elwood and Mary Dickin (the Dickin family originally came from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, to the Blackwood district in 1883). His father died during the 1918-19 flu pandemic while buying grain at Kisbey, and he was raised by relatives at Blackwood. Leonard was born at Osage, received his BA from the University of Saskatchewan, and was working as a parts man for McKenzie Automotive when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1940, leaving a wife Doris Enid (Burrows) and daughter Marilyn at Saskatoon.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Brookwood military cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Regina
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  Geo-memorial Dickin Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.95°N / 104.7333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P15
  Geo-memorial details North of Missinipe.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19150228
  Place of birth Osage    
  Date of enlistment 19400731
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation parts man
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