George Dobbs

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George Eric Burroughs Dobbs (21 July 1884 – 17 June 1917) was an Irish-born international rugby union player for England (2 caps as a flanker in the 1906 Home Nations Championship{{cite web |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/1785.html |title=George Dobbs - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum |website=ESPN Scrum}}), and served with the British Army from 1904. He served during the First World War, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was killed at Poperinge in 1917 while surveying a cable trench when a stray artillery shell fatally wounded him. He died of wounds later that day.{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/435232/DOBBS,%20GEORGE%20ERIC%20BURROUGHS |title=CWGC - Casualty Details |author=Reading Room Manchester |website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission}}