Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Col. H. H. Dobbie (Indian Army) and Margaret (daughter of T. Forlong-Gordon, J.P.), of St. Erins, Tarbert, Loch Fyneside, Argyll.
Brother of Captain John Shedden Dobbie, who died while serving with the Gordon Highlanders.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Herbert William Dobbie
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Herbert William Dobbie
Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of November 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y304uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Herbert William Dobbie
From the Daily Colonist of December 2, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y306uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. Note that Lieutenant Dobbie's regimental number while serving with the C.E.F. is A30495.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Herbert William Dobbie
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Herbert William Dobbie
From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of November 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y304uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of December 2, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y306uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. Note that Lieutenant Dobbie's regimental number while serving with the C.E.F. is A30495.
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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