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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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • 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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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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