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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.]
Tom is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 2/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): 'B' Coy - Pte T. Dobson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Tom Dobson, 266355, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Tom Dobson, 266355, 2/6 W. Rid. R. Pres. died 27.11.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Tom Dobson, 266355, 2/6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: On or since 27.11.17. Death Pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Mrs Sarah Shaw. £23 3s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Tom Dobson, 3721, 266355, West Riding. Date and cause of death: 27.11.17. Wounded and Missing. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Sarah Shaw. Relationship: Mother. Address: 46, West Gate, Otley.
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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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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06 December 1918
DOBSON – In loving memory of our son, Pte. Tom Dobson, 2nd-6th ‘Duke’s,’ ‘B’ Company, 62nd Division, reported wounded and missing at Bourlon Wood, November 27th, 1917, aged 20 years; now presumed killed. Any information from ‘B’ or ‘C’ Company will be welcome. – Mr. and Mrs. J. Shaw, Louie and Clara, 46 Westgate, Otley.
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