Tower and Town, October 2019

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The Dobson Archive

Henry and Alice Dobson married in 1882 and had 10 children:
Blanche - Born 1883 - Death Unknown
Edmond - Born 1885 - Died 1906
Reginald - Born 1887 - Died 15/7/1916 (At the Somme and buried at Bouzincourt Cemetery in France)
Margaret - Born 1888 - Death Unknown
Alexander - Born 1890 - Died 1935
Oliver - Born 1892 - Died 1914
Arthur - Born 1894 - Death Unknown (Was in Royal Berks - No 9734)
Dorothy - Born 1897 - Death Unknown
Wilfred - Born 1899 - Died 31/5/1916 (On the Queen Mary - Battle of Jutland)
Lucie - Born 1905 - Death Unknown
I believe that Alexander may have been pulled out of the war as the only male survivor of the children as he died in 1935 in Swindon.
Lucie (Lucy) being the youngest kept hold of the medals. She married Harry Smith in 1926 in Swindon and they moved to Coventry and had two children - Anthony & Sonia Smith.
Anthony Smith married Margaret Williams in 1947 in Coventry.
They had two children - Denise and Jacqueline.
Anthony (known to all as Jack) (Jack the Lad) left Margaret, Denise and Jacqueline in 1952 for another woman. (Denise was 4 years old).
Denise Smith married Colin May in 1968 and had two children - Christopher and Michael.... which is me.
When my nan, Margaret, died, I was handed the medals, being the youngest child.

Michael May