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 1882 - 1917 (35 years)
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| Name |
Edgar Roberts Mobbs |
| Born |
29 Jun 1882 |
Northampton  [1] |
Address:
Billing Road |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1901 |
Olney, Bucks [2] |
Address:
Dartmouth Road |
| Occupation |
1901 |
Olney, Bucks |
| Chartered Accountant |
Address:
Dartmouth Road |
| Died |
31 Jul 1917 |
Belgium [3] |
| Cause: killed leading an attack on a machine gun post. |
| Notes |
- Captain of Northamptonshire Rugby Union side 1907-1913
7 England caps
Raised the sportsmen's battalion 7th Northants.
Promoted from Private to Lieutenant Colonel in two years 1914-1916.
DSO 1917
Wounded three times.
Killed at Passchendaele 1917
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| Person ID |
I952 |
Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2008 |
| Father |
Oliver Linnell Mobbs, b. 7 Feb 1851, Holborn, London , d. 5 Aug 1924 (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Ann Hollis, b. 29 May 1854, Northampton , d. 11 May 1903, Olney, Bucks (Age 48 years) |
| Married |
7 Aug 1879 |
Northampton [3, 4] |
Address:
All Saints Church |
| Census |
1891 |
Northampton [5] |
Address:
2 The Avenue |
| Family ID |
F335 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S84] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- [S46] 1901 Census, RG13/1363 29 15.
- [S105] Michael Mobbs.
- [S14] GRO Index, Northampton 3b 100, Between Jul 1879 and Sep 1879.
- [S13] 1891 Census, RG12/1194/95/29.
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