Difference between revisions of "Dobbs John Pte 3911393"
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|Date of birth=7/11/1916 | |Date of birth=7/11/1916 | ||
| − | |Unit=South Wales Borderers | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the South Wales Borderers 15/3/1940. Served in Home Forces. Served Normandy. Posted to 32 Replacement Holding Unit in Normandy late June 1944. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944, posted 10th Battalion DLI. Posted 9th Battalion DLI 26/8/1944. Class Z Army Reserve 17/5/1946. |
|Company/Battery=C | |Company/Battery=C | ||
|Task or role=Section Commander. | |Task or role=Section Commander. | ||
|Joined Brigade=01-Jul-44 | |Joined Brigade=01-Jul-44 | ||
| − | |Promotions= | + | |Promotions=Corporal (with SWB and 10th DLI). Sergeant (with 9th DLI). |
|Home address=Married 12/1/1944. Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing. Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014. | |Home address=Married 12/1/1944. Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing. Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014. | ||
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|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
| + | |Image Name=Sgt Jack Dobbs.JPG | ||
| + | |Image Title=Sgt Jack Dobbs September 2014 | ||
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To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Dobbs, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024893 | To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Dobbs, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024893 | ||
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| + | With thanks to Sergeant Dobbs' family for their help and support, it was possible to download a copy of his personal memoir of his military service and this is accessible from the link below. | ||
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| + | [[Mr Jack Dobbs personal Memoir of his World War Two service]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:57, 23 January 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Dobbs John
Army number 3911393
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 7/11/1916
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in the South Wales Borderers 15/3/1940. Served in Home Forces. Served Normandy. Posted to 32 Replacement Holding Unit in Normandy late June 1944. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944, posted 10th Battalion DLI. Posted 9th Battalion DLI 26/8/1944. Class Z Army Reserve 17/5/1946.
Company/Battery C
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Section Commander.
Joined Brigade 01-Jul-44
Promotions Corporal (with SWB and 10th DLI). Sergeant (with 9th DLI).
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Married 12/1/1944. Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing. Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014.
Source table 10DLI
To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Dobbs, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024893
With thanks to Sergeant Dobbs' family for their help and support, it was possible to download a copy of his personal memoir of his military service and this is accessible from the link below.
