In Memory Of

HOBSON, WILLIAM CAREY

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1891-09-11
Rank:
 Cadet
Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death:
 1917-01-27
Cause of Death:
 Died of meningitis, in London
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 EBENEZER FARM CEMETERY, PEARSTON
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance
Son of William Carey and Sophia Elizabeth Hobson, of Harefield, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. At St Andrew's 1905-1910. Joined Midland Horse when war broke out and served in G.S.W.A. Went to England and was training in an O.T.C when he died. On memorial at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Death registered at Marylebone, Vol 1a, page 834