1882 - 1918 (36 years)
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| Name |
Richard Hobbs |
Relationship | with George William Craxford
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| Born |
1882 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1912 |
15, Stanhope Road, Dover, Kent |
| Military Service |
1918 |
France |
| Bombardier; 170th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery |
| Buried |
Nov 1918 |
Vendegies Cross Roads British Cemetery, Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon, France |
| Died |
1 Nov 1918 |
France |
| Commemoration |
1919 |
St Peter's Church, Swingfield, Kent |
| Person ID |
I7859 |
Extended Craxford Family |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2007 |
| Father |
Richard W Hobbs, b. 1853, Swingfield, Kent , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Mother |
Mary Ann [--?--], b. 1858, Swingfield, Kent , d. 1928 (Age 70 years) |
| Family ID |
F7815 |
Group Sheet, Family chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Residence - 1912 - 15, Stanhope Road, Dover, Kent |
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 | Military Service - Bombardier; 170th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery - 1918 - France |
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 | Buried - Nov 1918 - Vendegies Cross Roads British Cemetery, Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon, France |
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 | Died - 1 Nov 1918 - France |
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 | Commemoration - 1919 - St Peter's Church, Swingfield, Kent |
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| Headstones |
 | WG: Hobbs, Richard

Plot: B.5 |
 | HS: Swingfield War Memorial Marble tablets affixed to the lychgate of St Peter's Church commemorate the fallen of two world wars. The carving on the other tablet reads:
This gate was erected to the glory of God and in memory of those who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918. "Lest We Forget"
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