Name
Edward Thomas Mobbs
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/05/1917
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
East Surrey Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 6.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Matthew’s Church Memorial, Oxhey
Wesleyan (Bushey & Oxhey Methodist) Church Memorial, Oxhey
Pre War
Edward Thomas Mobbs was born on 7 October 1895. He was the son of Edward and Annie Mobbs of 288 North End Road, Fulham.
Wartime Service
He enlisted as a Private in the Honourable Artillery Company and entered the France and Flanders theatre of war on 18 August 1915. On 28 February 1917 he was commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment. Serving as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 1st Battalion, he was killed in action on 7 May 1917.
Additional Information
After his death he was recorded as the son of Edward and Annie Mobbs, of 288, North I Rd., Fulham, London. Also see ‘Additional Information’ provided with kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
Acknowledgments
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
