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WALTER DOBSON
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Rank
Private
Regiment
8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
Military Number
22063
Address
Northallerton
England
England
Background
BORN STOCKTON ON TEES, 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JAMES & DOROTHY. WIFE SARAH DOBSON LIVED IN NORTHALERTON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/08/1916, AGED 33. HE IS BURIED AT THE SOMME, AT DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "IN LIFE BELOVED IN DEATH LAMENTED".
Date Died
20/08/1916
Died
Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec, Somme, France
Age
33
Memorial
Le Bois Menet
Sailly-le-Sec 80340
Hauts-de-France
Sailly-le-Sec 80340
Hauts-de-France
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