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Second Lieutenant JOHN ALFRED HOBSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

175th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 02 December 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

II. E. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Husband of Frances Hobson, of 13, Roseberry St., Bolton, Lancs.
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Buried or commemorated at

RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 295
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