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ERNEST HOBSON MM
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WALTER HOBSON (1862-1935) & ELIZABETH MARY HOBSON, OF 1, HASTINGS STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS A RAILWAY SIGNALMAN FOR NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. DIED ON 03/10/1918, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY, AISNE FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WALTER HOBSON, 12/642, EYR, WAS KILLED THE PREVIOUS MONTH, ON 12/09/1918, AGED 23.
Gouy 2420
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