Dobson George Pte 4455490
Personnel Entry
Name Dobson George
Army number 4455490
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit The Durham Light Infantry, T, enlisted 2/5/1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served BEF? Served Iceland. Trf Army Catering Corps 1/2/43, docs to Edinburgh 23/3/43. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 28/2/1947.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Resident of Broomside, Belmont, County Durham in 1946.
Source table 11DLI
Pte Dobson enlisted on 2/5/1939 alongside L/Cpl R B Dixon and L/Cpl J R Bagnall - all of whom were neighbours in Broomside and may well all have been at school together at Belmont.