Biography:
Aubrey Greville Newton Dickenson was born 25 October 1896, the son of the Reverend Lenthall Greville Dickenson, DSO (later Trotman-Dickenson) and Sybil Francis Dickenson of Bishop's Court, Alresford.
He came to Winchester College from Twyford School in September 1910 and was in D House, Fearon's. His brother, Edward Newton Dickenson MC was also in Fearon's from 1909-1914.
Aubrey left school in the summer of 1913 and passed into RMC Sandhurst in June 1914 and was gazetted to the 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps the following June, proceeding to France shortly afterwards. In February 1916 he was promoted to Lieutenant and at the beginning of March was at the Lewes Gun School.
He died of wounds at Bethune on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, and lies in grave III.K.26 of the Bethune Town Cemetery. He was posthumously promoted to Captain. He is also commemorated on the Downton, Wiltshire war memorial.