Arthur Dickerson was born in Hemley, Suffolk, on 9th July 1882. In 1904, at the age of twentytwo, he married Eliza Pottle and they were living in Bromeswell when their first son, Frederick, was born. Sons John and Albert arrived after they moved to Sutton and before the family had finally settled at 2 Pear Tree Cottages, Station Road, Melton. In 1911, Arthur’s occupation was a horseman on a farm.

Arthur joined the Royal Engineers shortly after the start of the war and was posted to France on 21st September 1915, attached to the Royal Engineers in the 78th Brigade of the 26th Division. His time in France was shortlived though and, on 2nd November 1915, he embarked from Marseilles bound for Salonika.

He returned home when the war ended suffering from malaria contracted while fighting in the marshlands around Lake Doiran. For his war service, Arthur received the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory Medals.

In 1939, Arthur and Eliza were still living in Station Road, Melton. Arthur died in 1944 at the age of sixty-two.