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Norman Dobbs

In memory of:

Private Norman Dobbs

November 9, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

3106727

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

116th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Thomas and Florence Dobbs, of Dunchurch, Ontario.

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:

NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

VII. J. 2.

Location:

The cemetery is located 10 kilometres south of Kassel and 2 kilometres from the main road from Kassel to Marburg. Approach Kassel on the A49 motorway leaving at junction Kassel Niederzwehren, which forms the Frankfurter Strasse. The first right hand turning leads into the Dittershauser Strasse. Continue on this road which becomes a narrow road at the bend. Follow the bend to the right, where the cemetery is clearly signposted, which leads to a small crossroads. Turn left at the crossroads where Niederzwehren Cemetery becomes visible from the roadside. The Commonwealth plots now form a separate cemetery lying beside the Russian cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Norman Dobbs– I purchased a tree that has been planted alone Canada's highway of heroes as a living tribute to Private Norman on behalf of the Argyle Lions Club in Arnstein, Ontario to recognize the 130 plus years of combined service that four Dobbs families have volunteered as Lions.

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    Photo of Norman Dobbs
    Photo of Norman Dobbs – I purchased a tree that has been planted alone Canada's highway of heroes as a living tribute to Private Norman on behalf of the Argyle Lions Club in Arnstein, Ontario to recognize the 130 plus years of combined service that four Dobbs families have volunteered as Lions.
  • 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 789 of 1084. He was one of 88 soldiers buried in the Prisoners of War Plot at GOTTINGEN MILITARY CEMETERY, Hanover, Germany, during the period from 1914-1919. In 1922-23 it was decided that the bodies of Commonwealth servicemen who were buried in Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries. The bodies of all soldiers in this cemetery were exhumed and buried in NIEDERZWEHREN 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 789 of 1084. He was one of 88 soldiers buried in the Prisoners of War Plot at GOTTINGEN MILITARY CEMETERY, Hanover, Germany, during the period from 1914-1919. In 1922-23 it was decided that the bodies of Commonwealth servicemen who were buried in Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries. The bodies of all soldiers in this cemetery were exhumed and buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY.

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