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Ordinary Seaman SIDNEY HOBSON

Service Number: LT/JX 316503
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Patrol Service

H.M. Trawler Canna.

Date of Death

Died 05 December 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YABA CEMETERY

Plot 4. Row B. Grave 8.

Nigeria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Annie Hobson, of Sheffield.
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Buried or commemorated at

YABA CEMETERY
Nigeria
Number of casualties: 452
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