McDonnell & Dixon

In 1910, L.A. McDonnell formed a partnership with Alexander Reid as McDonnell & Reid. Reid enlisted for the First World War and remained in England afterwards. In 1917 McDonnell formed a new partnership with his assistant William Dixon (1892-1978) as McDonnell & Dixon, under which name it continued after McDonnell’s death in 1925. Also referred to as McDonnell Dixon & Downes during the years 1928 to 1935, when J.V. Downes was a partner of William Dixon.