CAPT W.J.RIX BEDF.R. (on star)
CAPT W.J.RIX (on pair)
Wilton John Rix
Born Beccles, Suffolk 1871
Son of Frederick Shelly Rix & Jemima Bostock Rix (nee Bradley)
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as the author Lewis Carroll, was a family friend - Click here & go to pages 4-5
Lewis Carroll even wrote a Mathematical puzzle for him in 1881 - Click here
Commissioned Temporary Captain, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment 25/9/14
Transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps 22/5/15
To France as 2nd in Command of 37th Divisional Cyclist Company20/7/15
In November 1915 Captain Rix wrote to the East Suffolk Gazette:
'Appeal for old or new, games or other means of recreation, such as dominoes, draughts, packs of cards, boxing gloves, mouth organs or footballs for the men of this unit. I am in charge of three detachments, living in dug-outs, barns, and stables a few hundred yards behind the firing line. The mud, and the cold, and the wet, and the advent of stray shells, or rifle bullets, are less difficult for the men to endure than the heartbreaking monotony under which their very arduous work is carried on. The long, dark nights are particularly trying'
Also served as Temporary Captain, Northumberland Fusiliers LG 22/1/16
Died 1951
His Officers Papers exist at TNA but we have not checked them; Ref: WO 339/12796
With copy of his Medal Index Card & supporting research documentation
Condition: GVF