George Dobbs
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| Born | 21 July 1884 County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||||||||||||
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| Died | 17 June 1917 (aged 32) Poperinge, Belgium | ||||||||||||
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| Allegiance | .svg.png){kind=small} United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Branch |  British Army | ||||||||||||
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel | ||||||||||||
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George Eric Burroughs Dobbs (21 July 1884 – 17 June 1917) was an Irish-born international rugby union player for England (2 caps as a flanker in the 1906 Home Nations Championship[1]), and served with the British Army from 1904. He served during the First World War, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was killed at Poperinge in 1917 while surveying a cable trench when a stray artillery shell fatally wounded him. He died of wounds later that day.[2]
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- ↑ "George Dobbs - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN Scrum.
- ↑ Reading Room Manchester. "CWGC - Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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