Brother to Charles H. Dickson of the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: When Captain Harry Dickson was born on 9 October 1886, in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Dickson, was 33 and his mother, Jennie Ford, was 34. He married Janet Hall Perry on 24 January 1920, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1925 and London, Ontario, Canada for about 22 years. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1954, at the age of 68, his occupation is listed as district representative in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 June 1965, at the age of 78, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, West McGillivray, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
Notes: Attestation papers on web at LAC show his rank as a captain. The attestation papers have a notation on the as a ‘lieut.’ and the 18th Battalion Nominal Roll (1915) has his rank as a Lance-Sergeant.
He gave a sermon in London, Ontario and was transferred to duties related to the work of the YMCA.
Further, the following quotation was found at (SOURCE):
“Sergeant Dickson of the 18th Battalion Canadian Infantry was, until enlistment, a pastor at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Cleveland City, Ohio and was invited to lead a service from the pulpit in the Grace Hill Wesleyan Church, Folkestone.”
The source reference is: Folkestone Library, Soldier In The Pulpit, Folkestone & Hythe Sandgate Cheriton Herald, 29/5/1915, p6.
Later served as a Y.M.C.A representative for the 3rd Brigade achieving the rank of Honourary Captain.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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