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Surname: DOBSON
Forename(s): Arthur
Place of Birth: Salterforth, Yorkshire
Service No: 16535
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 15th (Scottish) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1915-09-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 57 to 59.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Arthur Dobson was the son of Harry Robinson and Susanna Dobson, née Roach. Harry was born at Meerut, India and Susanna at Stamford, Lincolnshire.
1901 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 22, Oak Street - Arthur Dobson, aged 9 years, born Salterforth, Yorkshire, son of Harry R. and Susanna Dobson.
1911 Sabden, Lancashire Census: 8, Thorn Street - Arthur Dobson, aged 19 years, born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, son of Harry Robinson and Susanna Dobson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arthur Dobson, 16535, 9th Scottish Rifles. Theatre of War: (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 11 July 1915.
Arthur is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Photograph: 'Burnley Express' (15 December 1915).
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Arthur DOBSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 15th (Scottish) Division
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