HOBSON John Alfred 2/Lt

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HOBSON John Alfred 2/Lt

2000-2024

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Surname: HOBSON;

Forename(s): John Alfred;

Initials: JA;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Resided in: Bolton;

Previous Number: 7577;

Previous Battalion: 19 of;

Previous Regiment: R Fus;

Date of transfer to MGC: 25-Sep-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 175 Coy;

Date abroad: 14-Nov-1915;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 02-Dec-1917;

Awarded: MC;

Gallantry Notes: MC: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of a battery. When his machine guns were silenced by an intense barrage, they were first dismounted and placed under cover in a deep trench and the men withdrawn to shelter. When the supports were observed to be withdrawing and it was decided to establish a strong point of defence, he at once dashed back to his battery position through a most intense barrage andsucceeded in bringing back one gun intact.;

Other Data: leave to UK 26/7/1917
war diary 27/9/1917 - name sent in for immediate award
award of MC confirmed in war diary 12/11/1917

Lot 849 Date of Auction: 9th December 1999 (DNW)
Sold for £460
Estimate: £400 - £450
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant J. A. Hobson, 19th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, attached Machine Gun Corps, killed in action in December 1917

Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (7577 Pte., R.Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut.) together with original post card photograph of the recipient, extremely fine (4) £400-450
Footnote
M.C. London Gazette 17 December 1917, citation London Gazette 23 April 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of a battery. When his machine guns were silenced by an intense barrage, they were first dismounted and placed under cover in a deep trench and the men withdrawn to shelter. When the supports were observed to be withdrawing, and it was decided to establish a strong point of defence, he at once dashed back to his battery position through a most intense barrage, and succeeded in bringing back one gun intact.’

John Alfred Hobson attested for the Public Schools Brigade, 19th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, at Bolton on 18 May 1915. He went to France on 14 November 1915 and was appointed unpaid Lance-Corporal in the field in March 1916, before returning to England to join No. 5 Officer Cadet Battalion at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant on 25 September 1916 and attached to the Machine Gun Corps, serving again in France with 175th Company M.G.C., attached to the 178th Notts & Derby Brigade. He was killed in action on 2 December 1917 and is buried in Ribecourt Cemetery, France.
PHOTO;

Other Notes: HOBSON, Second Lieutenant, JOHN ALFRED, MC, 175th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 2nd December 1917. Age 27. Husband of Frances Hobson, of 13, Roseberry St., Bolton, Lancs. II. E. 8. Ribecourt British Cemetery - Nord, France.
MC: LG 17/12/1917 (23/4/1918) (In Routine Orders 59 Div 5/11/1917);

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