Private William Dobney

Army Number: 51943

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Barholme, Lincolnshire. Son of John Eliza Dobney, of Gosberton, Risegate, Spalding, Lincs.He was farm wagoner prior to enlisting atSpalding, Lincolnshire. He died of wounds, 26th November 1917, aged 28.

Buried: Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. Plot 3. Row A. Grave 10.

He is also commemorated on the Gosberton, Risegate, War Memorial, Spalding, Lincolnshire.