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VC545 Frederick William Dobson
BORN 9 November 1886
DIED 13 November 1935 AGE 49
VC Won 28 September 1914 AGE 27
Place VC Won Chavonne, Aisne, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Frederick William Dobson No. 6840
VC Issue No. 545 Awards VC
Regiment Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Lance-Corporal
Place Of Birth Nafferton Farm, Ovingham, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Place Of Death Newcastle-on-Tyne General Hospital, Northumberland, England
Buried/Location Ashes Ryton & Crawcrook Cemetery, Co. Durham, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 17 November 1935
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section A, Plot 234
Gazetted 9 December 1914
VC Presented 3 February 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Ryton & Crawcrook Cemetery, Co. Durham, England
Stone memorial in playground, primary school, High Spen, Co. Durham
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, St Mary's Church, Ovingham, Northumberland
By The Way…
Headstone erected 15 March 1986
The Coldstream Guards took possession of his medals when they turned up at a pawnbrokers shop in Newcastle, 1936
VC Held By
Coldstream Guards, Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, England
