Private Handley Dobbs

Army Number: 8664

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham, son of Handley and Rose Dobbs, of 32 grey friar Gardens, Nottingham he was a laborer prior to enlisting 218th February 1903 aty Derby. he served in Singapore from 4th November 1905 to 11th December 1906 and India from 12th December 1906 to 19th August 19214 he went to France 20th August 1914 and then to Mesopotamia (|Iraq) 17th August 1915. He was reported as a Prisoner of war at Afion Karahissar and Died at Ada Bazar 10th November 1917.

Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Ada Bazar Memorial 185.