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Arthur Thomas Dobson

In memory of:

Private Arthur Thomas Dobson

October 1, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

3232505

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Elizabeth Dobson, of 105, Mysore Rd., Clapham, London, England, and the late David Dobson.

Commemorated on Page 398 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

C. 3.

Location:

Tilloy (or Tilloy-les-Cambrai) is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2.5 kilometres north of Cambrai and 1 kilometre east of the Cambrai-Douai road. MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY is south-west of the village, near the west side of the Douai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 807 of 1084. Originally buried in CAMERON CEMETERY, TILLOY-LEZ-CAMBRAI. After the Armistice, all of the bodies buried here (47 Canadian soldiers, 34 of whom belonged to the 43rd Battalion), were exhumed and re-interred in MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 807 of 1084. Originally buried in CAMERON CEMETERY, TILLOY-LEZ-CAMBRAI. After the Armistice, all of the bodies buried here (47 Canadian soldiers, 34 of whom belonged to the 43rd Battalion), were exhumed and re-interred in MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY.
  • Photo of ARTHUR THOMAS DOBSON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ARTHUR THOMAS DOBSON
    Photo of ARTHUR THOMAS DOBSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Mill Switch Cross

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    Mill Switch Cross
    Mill Switch Cross
  • Picture of the Cemetery

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    Picture of the Cemetery
    Picture of the Cemetery
  • Gravemarker

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    Gravemarker
    Gravemarker

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