Surname(s) | Dobbie |
First name(s) | Robert Sheddon |
Place of birth | Jersey City, New York |
Family details | Eldest son of Robert Sheddon and Helen Margaret Elizabeth of 'Saling', Albion Rd, Sutton, Surrey |
College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
Dates at college | 1910 |
Dept / course | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Engineering |
Military unit | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
Date of death | 12 April 1917 |
Age at death | 25 |
Rank at death | Second Lieutenant |
Place of death | Hospital in Arras |
Cause of death | Shot in the head by a sniper 9th April 1917 |
Burial place | Etaples Military Cemetery |
Commemoration(s) | Kings College Chapel |
Notes | O.T.C. Shot in the head by a sniper near Arras and died in hospital three days later on 12th April 1917. Previously wounded July and August 1916 |
Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; University of London O.T.C. 1914-19 |