stevenbecker Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 Mates, Can you indentify this Indian Army officer shown on AIF records? HOBART Lt Indian Army 11th Punjabs T/att Instructor MGs 1 LH Bde HQ 1-15 That's all I can find that he was attached to instruct on MGs in Egypt? Cheers S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 On an initial look it would appear that he may have been Douglas Hobart. He appears to be the only Hobart in the Indian Army that I could find, but I will recheck later. He was promoted to Lt. on 9 December 1910 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28458/page/508 He was still a Lt. in the 1915 Army List, but his Regiment was 24th Punjabis, the title of the 11th Indian Regiment of Infantry was 11th Rajputs, so some confusion there. Could not see an officer named Hobart in 11th Punjabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspector Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 Hi Douglas Hobart, as above 24th Punjabs was K in A 20.4.16 age 29yrs, comm. Basra.also 53rd Sikhs...still looking His father Lt.Col. George Hobart was born in India. Douglas born Chester, 1888 where his father died in 1920. Trees on Ancestry Regards Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 In the June 1915 Army List there are two officers named Hobart in the Indian Army or attached to the Indian Army. Lt. Douglas Hobart as above, and Capt. Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart who was Royal Engineers, attached 1st King George's Own Sappers and Miners. The officer of interest would seem to be the former. Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart was later Maj.-Gen. Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart, inventor of the Hobart "Funnies". There is much about him on the internet. Douglas Hobart was gazetted 2nd Lt. on the Indian Army Unattached List on 9.9.1908 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28175/page/6523 and admitted as 2nd Lt. in the Indian Army 26.11.1909 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28362/page/3074 His obituary from The Times of Saturday, 29.4.1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 Mates, Many thanks for the details, fills a gap. Cheers S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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