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VC1151    Claude Congreve Dobson

Name   Claude Congreve Dobson   No.     

VC Issue No.   1151   Awards   VC   DSO

Regiment   Royal Navy

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Commander

Rank End Of Career   Rear Admiral

Place Of Birth   Barton Regis, Bristol, England

Place Of Death   Chatham, Kent, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands Road, Gillingham, Kent, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   Section BE

Gazetted    11 November 1919

VC Presented   18 December 1919, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands Road, Gillingham, Kent, England

P  Named on Masonic VC Memorial, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London

By The Way…

VC Held By

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England

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BORN   1 January 1885

DIED   26 June 1940   AGE   55

VC Won   18 August 1919    AGE    34

Place VC Won   Kronstadt Harbour, Russia

War/Campaign   North Russia Relief Force