Photo: James Pasby
849057 Private
H. Dobson
The East Surrey Regiment
1st June 1940 Age 21
Not Just Today
But Every Day
In Silence We Remember
Son of William Harle Dobson and Selina Dobson, of Hebburn.
The Newcastle Journal 08/06/1940 reports:-
BURIED AT HEBBURN
The first Hebburn soldier, a victim of the war to be buried in Hebburn Cemetery is Private Heath Dobson, aged 22 of the East Surrey Regiment whose funeral took place yesterday from his home in Swindon Street, Hebburn.
Private Dobson was the only son of Sergt. William H Dobson and Mrs. Dobson and he was a militiaman. Private Dobson was wounded in the chest in Belgium. He died in London hospital half an hour after his admission.
The coffin was carried on a fire tender, and soldiers and the Hebburn British Legion were present.
Heath Dobson is not remembered on a local War Memorial.
