RaySearching Posted 3 May , 2016 Share Posted 3 May , 2016 Having come across his name previously 2nd Sept 1914 N.E.E.G Played football in Germany Killed by the Germans and my write up DOBINSON STANLEY RAINELieutenant STANLEY RAINE DOBINSON10th Bn attd 1st/4th Bn Yorkshire Regiment (previously Pte 2094 4th Yorks)Stanley joined the Territorial Force as a private with the battalion number 2094 and went out to France when the Bn first crossed on 18th April 1915 He presumably fought with the Bn through their first trials at Ypres before his officer potential was recognised and he was sent back to the UK on the 8th November of that year for training. He was commissioned on the 5th December 1915 and joined one of Kitchener's new army units, the 10th Bn Yorkshire Regt. At the time of his death he was on attachment to the 4th Bn from the 10th and had only just been received as a reinforcementStanley was killed in action on the 31st March 1918 aged 29 during the German Spring offensive in fighting close to BovesHe was the son of Charles an ironmonger and Hannah Dobinson (nee Raine)His father Charles was also a director of Middlesbrough Football clubStanley can be found on the 1901 census aged 12 as a boarder at King Henry VIII School Earls Street Coventry Warwickshire He attended King Henry VIII school from 1899 to 1904 having previously been educated at Middlesbrough High SchoolHaving completed his education at King Henry VIII school Stanley traveled to Germany to learn the German language where he played football for the soccer club Hannover 96 during the period 1904-1905 returning to England in 1905 where he played for Stockton Amateur Football ClubOn the 1911 census Stanley can be found residing with his parents and siblings at Craigmore The Crescent Linthorpe Middlesbrough employed as a chartered accountants clerkPrior to enlisting Stanley was employed as a chartered accountant with Frank Brown and Co Stockton on TeesThe register of Probate and Wills read Dobinson Stanley Raine of Craigmore Linthorpe-Crescent Middlesbrough died 31st March 1918 in France Administration London 11th April to Lillie Dobinson spinster Effects £3062.9s.2pBorn June 1888 MiddlesbroughPOZIERES MEMORIAL Now who is Tripp regards Ray Edit details have been passed to Hannover 96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 3 May , 2016 Share Posted 3 May , 2016 After 9 years the reply may come as a suprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 3 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 3 May , 2016 After 9 years the reply may come as a suprise (They were still looking for Stanley in 2014) 17th January 2014 Hannover 96 have contacted the Gazette, asking if any readers have details of two of their former players Hannover 96 A top flight German football club wants help from Teesside as it tackles the task of updating its archives. Hannover 96 - currently lying 13th in the German Bundesliga - have contacted the Gazette, asking if any readers have details of two of their former players. In 1905 and 1906, Middlesbrough-born Stanley R Dobinson was a striker for the German club. Praised as a great technican, he also brought with him another player from England, a defender with the surname Tripp. They were known as David and Goliath, because Dobinson was only 5ft 3in tall and Tripp was over 6ft 6in. But after their language studies, they left Hannover to return to England - and that’s where the trail goes cold. Club press officer Dirk Köster said: “That is all we were able to find out about these players. Maybe you can help us find relatives or people who know anything.” Link to article Here Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 3 May , 2016 Share Posted 3 May , 2016 Only 250 Tripps in the MICs ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 3 May , 2016 Share Posted 3 May , 2016 He's named as Henry Tripp here - https://www.hannover96.de/klub-historie/historie/120-jahre-hannover-96/unsere-jubilaeumsgrafik/dobinson.html Not that that's got me anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 4 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 4 May , 2016 He's named as Henry Tripp here - https://www.hannover96.de/klub-historie/historie/120-jahre-hannover-96/unsere-jubilaeumsgrafik/dobinson.html Not that that's got me anywhere. Thanks for that IPT I have e mailed Dirk Koster of Hannover 96 asking where the forename for Tripp originated from and has he any documentary evidence to confirm it is correct It looks like Hannover 96 Have been casting the net far and wide to identify Dobinson and Tripp I came across another request for info Here Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 4 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 4 May , 2016 The search for Tripp I am assuming Tripp will have been around the same age as Dobinson born around 1887/1886 They may have been school chums and boarders at King Henry VIII schoolOr they may have met whilst playing in an amateur football club What is known is they travelled to Germany together playing for Hannover 96returning home in 1905 My best and only one candidate so far is Thomas Henry Tripp Born 1886 Eston, Birth registered In the Middlesbrough Reg DistHe can be found on the 1911 census at 88 North View Eston The son of John an ironstone miner, Thomas employed as a boiler fireman in the ironstone mines Although as the son of an ironstone miner he is unlikely to have been sent to boarding school I seem to have hit a brick wall with this one regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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