Robert Dixon

ROB DIXON grew up in Gloucestershire, was educated at Cheltenham College and joined the Army aged 17. After two years at Sandhurst he was commissioned into The Gloucestershire Regiment joining them in Saighton Camp Chester a few months before a tw year tour in Berlin at the height of the Cold War. All his regimental service was spent with the Glosters interspersed with tours away as an instructor at Sandhurst and Camberley. Regimental service seemed to consist of commuting between Northern Ireland and Germany. His Army life culminated in taking over command of 1 Glosters for the last six months of their Berlin tour, and then training them and leading them through a two year tour in Ireland. For reasons best known to the MoD, the Glosters had not served in Ireland for the previous nine years so there was plenty to be learned by all ranks. After command there is of course no more rolling in the mud with your soldiers so it was time for Dixon to leave. He had a varied second career in industry eventually settling down to run his own headhunting business. He has been involved with the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum for many years as a trustee, including being the chairman for five years. He handled all the ancestry enquiries concerning the Korean War for several years including the Covid period from which he learned a lot: hence this book.