Mark DOBSON

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Surname: DOBSON

Forename(s): Mark

Place of Birth: Addingham, Yorkshire

Service No: 3/10012

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 8th Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1915-04-03

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: L. 38.

CWGC Cemetery: Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Mark Dobson was the son of Francis and Mary A. Dobson, née Fisher. Francis was born at Ilkley and Mary at Kelfield, Yorkshire.

1871 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: Mark Dobson, aged 2 years, born Addingham, son of Francis and Mary A. Dobson.

1881 Huddersfield, Yorkshire Census: South Street - Mark Dobson, aged 12 years, born Addingham, Yorkshire, son of Mary Ann Dobson, widow.

Mark was married to Eliza Howcroft in 1894. Mark and Eliza separated sometime before the beginning of the Great War. In the 1901 and 1911 censuses, their son, Francis William Dobson (born at Huddersfield, 11 January 1895), was living with his mother’s family at Hambleton near Selby, Yorkshire.

1901 Huddersfield, Yorkshire Census: 69, Kirkgate - Mark Dobson, aged 31 years, born Addingham, Yorkshire. Lodger (married).

1911 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire Census: 6, Colne Street - Mark Dobson, aged 35 years, born Addingham, Yorkshire (single). [Mark was boarding with Eleanor Louise Wood, widow.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Mark Dobson, 3/10012, 2nd W. York R. Qualifying date [for 1914 Star]: 5.11.14. K. in A.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Mark Dobson, 3/10012, 2nd W. York. R. Killed in Action 3.4.15.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Mark Dobson, 3/10012, 2nd Bn West Yorks Regt. 3.4.15 in action. Date and Place of Death: 3.4.15. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Guardian of Sole Legatee - Mrs. Eleanor Wood. £12 8s. 2d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Private Mark Dobson. Regimental No. 10073, 10012, West Yorks. Date and cause of death: Killed in Action 3.4.15. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: E. Address: 14, Warner[?] Street, W1.

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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