Person    | Male  Born 1/1/1885  Died 26/6/1940

Claude Congreve Dobson, VC

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War served, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, WW1.

Claude Congreve Dobson, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 18 August 1919, age 34, while serving in the Royal Navy. "Commanding Coastal Motor Boat №31 he passed into Kronstadt Harbour under heavy machine gun fire, torpedoed the battleship Andrei Pervozvann, and escaped under heavy fire showing conspicuous gallantry and skill. (Kronstadt, Russia)". Freemason at: №2612, Navy Lodge.

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Claude Congreve Dobson, VC

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