Photo: James Pasby
In St.Nicholas Churchyard is a family headstone for Dobson which reads:
In Affectionate Remembrance
of
Captain John Dobson
of Getashead
who died Aug. 31st 1871
aged 55 years.
Also Mary his wife
who died Jan. 8th 1897
aged 65 years
John their son
who died March 30th 1883
aged 18 years
Eleanor their daughter
who died Feb. 9th 1893
aged 33 years
Leslie Dobson
their grandson
who died Oct. 4th 1910
aged 6 months
Sergt. Sydney Dobson, M.G.C.
their grandson
who was killed in France
March 21st 1918, aged 23 years.
They are not dead but sleep
Sydney Dobson was the son of Charles Wellburn Dobson and Deborah Dobson, of "Grangewood", Victoria Rd., Sandown, Isle of Wight. He was husband of Ruth Dobson.
He is remembered at Gosforth G9.21
