T/72751 Driver Sidney Hobson
Killed/died of wounds/other causes in Palestine (1943) or in the United Kingdom (early 1944) due to training or exercises.
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Born on:
Died on: 10 Aug 1943
Died at:
Aged: 28
Buried at: Khayat Beach War
Cemetery C.F.8.
Rest in Peace Driver Hobson:
R.A.S.C., attd. 11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of
Harold and Elizabeth Hobson, of Smethwick, Staffordshire, husband of Florence Annie Hobson, of Smethwick.
Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton;
Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren
Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin
and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.