Malvern College First World War Casualty

2nd Lieut John Geoffrey Stobart

Photo of John Geoffrey Stobart
House and time at Malvern: Sch, 1906 - 1910.

Regiment: Rifle Brigade.
Died: 15 March 1915 aged 23 in Belgium. Killed in action at St Eloi.
Cemetery: Voormezele Enclosure 3 II E 1

Son of W. C. Stobart, Spellow Hill, Leeds, b. 1892.
Upper Shell—Science Form. House Prefect.
Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Great War, 2nd Lieutenant 6th Rifle Brigade.

'On leaving School he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge, and met with some success as an oar. When war broke out he was given a Commission in the 6th Reserve Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, was transferred later to the 4th Battalion and accompanied a draft to the front on Feb. 1st. He was killed in action at the retaking of our trenches at St. Eloi on March 15th.' (Malvernian, Apr 1915).

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