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Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE ERIC BURROUGHS DOBBS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Signal Corps (A.D. Sigs.)

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XIII. A. 25.

Belgium

Famous Sportsmen, Rugby: headstone of Lieut Colonel G B Dobbs in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium

Photographer: Unknown

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Son of Joseph and Mary Dobbs, of The Chalet, Temple Rd., Dublin. Native of Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.
  • Personal Inscription WE ASKED THEE FOR LIFE AND THOU HAST GIVEN IT YEA, LIFE FOR EVERMORE
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