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From the CWGC site
DOBBS, S A

Rank:
Private
Service No:
4048
Date of Death:
10/10/1916
Age:
23
Regiment/Service:
The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st/10th Bn.
Grave Reference
IV. G. 13.
Cemetery
VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Fredrick and Lucy Dobbs; husband of E. E. Dobbs, of 122, Waterloo Road, Norwich.

In 1911 at 59 Broad Green Road, Frederick Dobbs 62 is a Draper (employer) and his wife Lucy 57, Millinery and Mantle, also of Manchester, have been married for 31 years and have 6 children surviving from 8. With children Charles 23 a manufacturer, Sidney 17, Girty 21 and Ethel 19.

To confirm Sidney has a middle initial A, the 1901 has the family at
Ashton Villa, Elmsley Road, Wavertree
Frederick Dobbs 52 Draper Employer Manchester
Lucy Wife 47 Cambs Fulbourn
Arthur son 16 Apprentice Drapery
Bertram 14 Apprentice to outfitting
Charles F 12
Gertrude C 11
Ethel M 9
Sidney A 6
Sarah Step Sister S 63 Yorks, Rotherham
Dorothy Byrne 25 and Mary Redmond 23 General and Domestic Servants
All children born Liverpool.

A lot of children baptised at St Cyprians plus Archibold Frederick in Christ Church, Kensington. It would appear that our Sidney is
Archibald Sidney, born 25 June and baptised 26 August 1894 at St Cyprians, living 95 Wavertree Road.

Article in Liverpool Echo For Archibald Sydney Dobbs. parents residing in Wavertree Road in 1916