HOBSON John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    HOBSON
  • Service Number:
    22713
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    10th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    30th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Edward and Lily Eliza Hobson, 6 The Cliff, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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HOBSON John Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About HOBSON John

John Hobson was born in Stourbridge and he attended Enville St. Council School. He volunteered for the 10th (Service) Battalion of the Worcesters. This battalion saw service in the Loos area until May 1916 when it moved to the Somme. On the 3rd July the battalion were ordered to attack and just after 3 a.m. rushed across no man’s land to the German positions in La Boisselle. The village was in complete ruin but when light came it could be seen that the village had been won. The cost was very high, with 9 officers and 44 men killed, 106 missing presumed dead, and 203 wounded. After new drafts the battalion returned to the front line at Bazentin. On 30th July they attacked again. Little ground was won and Private John Hobson was killed in action. He is also commemorated on the St. Thomas’s church and the former Enville St. school memorials.

John Hobson has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.