Tom DOBSON

Main CPGW Record

Surname: DOBSON

Forename(s): Tom

Place of Birth: Otley, Yorkshire

Service No: 266355

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 'B' Coy 2/6th Battalion

Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Age: 20

Date of Death: 1917-11-27

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 6 and 7.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

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

Additional Information:

Tom Dobson was the son of Sarah Dobson (born Ilkley, Yorkshire, c. 1875), the daughter of Francis and Sarah Dobson, née Mawson.

1901 Otley, Yorkshire Census: 65, Westgate - Thomas Dobson, aged 3 years, born Otley, grandson of Sarah Dobson.

1911 Otley, Yorkshire Census: 33, Westgate - Tom Dobson, aged 13 years, born Otley, son of Sarah and [stepson of] Joseph Shaw. [Sarah had married Joseph in 1903.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Tom Dobson, 266355, West Riding Regiment.

Tom was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai, 1917, 20 November-3 December, 1917 at the Capture of Bourlon Wood, 23-28 November.

Tom is commemorated on the Otley Parish Church War Memorial.

Data Source: Craven Herald Article

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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