Gunner Charles Hobbs
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1887
Date of Death
6 May 1917
Employer
CWS Cocoa Works, Dallow Road
Medals Awarded
Service Number
315375
Place of Birth
Toddington
World War I Address
82 Highbury Road
Luton
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
Vlamentinghe Military Cemetery
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph , 19th May 1917
Gunner Charles Hobbs, 315375, Royal Garrison Artillery, died in action in Flanders on May 6th, 1917. He was aged 29 and had been killed instantly by a shell, the first man in his battery to die by enemy fire.
Charles and his wife Elizabeth (nee Webb) lived at 82 Highbury Road, Luton. The couple had married in 1911, and Charles was an employee of the CWS Cocoa factory in Dallow Road, Luton, prior to enlisting.
A letter to widow Elizabeth said Charles had been buried, but owing to a mistake the service was conducted by a chaplain of another unit without his comrades knowing about it. They held a memorial service afterwards.
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Author: Deejaya
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