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Name: Robert William HOBSON
Casualty No.: Ranks: Rifleman Initials: R W Service No.: A/202744
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Woodside, Co. Durham. Age at Death: 0
Unit: 18th Bn King's Own Royal Rifle Corps.
Former Unit(s): TS/6239 Army Service Corps.
Place Enlisted: Bishop Auckland, Co Durham.
Place of Residence: Coxhoe, Durham.
Home Address:
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment:
How Died: Died of wounds
Date of Death: Thursday 28th March 1918
Place of Death:
Battle/Campaign: Battles of the Somme, France, 1918. Battle of St Quentin, 21st , 23rd March 1918.
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France.
Buried:
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Family Details:
Husband of Ann Hobson of Vicarage Terrace, Blackgate, Coxhoe, Co. Durham.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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