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3 May 1917 Lieutenant Robert Grierson Combe VC

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Robert Grierson Combe was born in Aberdeen on 5 August 1880, the youngest of six children of Presbyterian parents James and Elizabeth Combe. On 24 April 1906, Robert emigrated to Canada via Liverpool, destination Montreal. He arrived 1 May.  A pharmacist from Moosomin, Saskatchewan, on 1st April 1915 he enlisted at Sewell Camp into the Canadian...


18 August 1917 : Sgt Frederick John Hobson VC

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Frederick Hobson was born 23 September 1873 in Norwood, London, the son of John Hobson (a stone mason) and Sarah Hobson (née Wallace - Dublin born) then living at 14 Wood St, Pancras.  With the death of his father and mother, and with only one surviving sister, Fred joined the British Army and served with the Wiltshire Regiment during the Second...