Dobson James E. Pte 3061755 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Dobson James E.
|Army number=3061755
|Rank=Pte
|Age=30
|Unit=Royal Scots, No enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 25/9/1940, BW358/4/86, Posted 1 TS, Posted 1st Bn Black Watch, DIED in Traffic Accident 14/1/46, Authority:- CAS/W/6/Serial No.804 dated 22/1/46.
|Died/Killed in action=14-Jan-46
|Home address=Research suggests Pte Dobson was born in Chester-le Street in 1916, father Septimus, mother Ellen (nee McCain) and was a resident of Leeds at the time of his death. Buried Grave 3A.G.6. Hamburg Cemetery.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Unit=Joined the Royal Scots, no enlistment date.  Transferred to the Black Watch 25/9/1940  (Enlistment Book entry BW358/4/86) and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to 1st Battalion Black Watch - probably on the disbandment of 1st Tyneside Scottish at the end of August 1944.  Served in Germany post-war.  DIED in Traffic Accident 14/1/46, Authority:- CAS/W/6/Serial No.804 dated 22/1/46.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death 14-Jan-46.   Buried initially in Ohlsdorfer Friedhof, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg Cemetery.  Re-buried Grave 3A.G.6. Hamburg Cemetery 21/6/1946 in a concentration exercise.
-|Home address=Private Dobson was a resident of Leeds at the time of his death, living with his wife and children at 44 Well Close Terrace.  Married Winifred M. Johnson  in July 1939 (to be confirmed).
+|Home address=Private Dobson was a resident of Leeds at the time of his death, living with his wife and children at 44 Well Close Terrace.  Married Winifred M. Johnson  in July 1939 (to be confirmed).  Three children born between 1940 and 1946.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 }}
-Research suggests Pte Dobson was born in Chester-le Street in 1916, father Septimus, mother Ellen (nee McCain) and
+Evidence from the CWGC Concentration documents indicate that several soldiers were killed on the same day and initially interred alongside Private Dobson.  CWGC have been asked to investigate any information surrounding this traffic accident, which may have resulted in the deaths of half a dozen soldiers.

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 |Surname and forenames=Dobson James E.
 |Army number=3061755
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private
-|Age=30
+|Date of birth=5/9/1915.
-|Unit=Royal Scots, No enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 25/9/1940, BW358/4/86, Posted 1 TS, Posted 1st Bn Black Watch, DIED in Traffic Accident 14/1/46, Authority:- CAS/W/6/Serial No.804 dated 22/1/46.
+|Age=30 at the time of his death.
-|Died/Killed in action=14-Jan-46
+|Unit=Joined the Royal Scots, no enlistment date.  Transferred to the Black Watch 25/9/1940  (Enlistment Book entry BW358/4/86) and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to 1st Battalion Black Watch - probably on the disbandment of 1st Tyneside Scottish at the end of August 1944.  Served in Germany post-war.  DIED in Traffic Accident 14/1/46, Authority:- CAS/W/6/Serial No.804 dated 22/1/46.
-|Home address=Research suggests Pte Dobson was born in Chester-le Street in 1916, father Septimus, mother Ellen (nee McCain) and was a resident of Leeds at the time of his death.  Buried Grave 3A.G.6. Hamburg Cemetery.
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 14-Jan-46.   Buried initially in Ohlsdorfer Friedhof, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg Cemetery.  Re-buried Grave 3A.G.6. Hamburg Cemetery 21/6/1946 in a concentration exercise.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}