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{{Short description|British Indian Army officer (1872–1936)}}
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[[Colonel]] '''Charles Fairlie Dobbs''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (1 July 1872 – 27 December 1936) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer.<ref>Biography, ''[[Who Was Who]]''</ref>

Dobbs was the son of Colonel A. F. Dobbs, also of the Indian Army. He was educated at [[Bedford School]] and then obtained a commission in a [[militia]] battalion, the 4th Battalion, [[Royal Irish Rifles]], in January 1891.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26121 |date=2 January 1891|page=5}}</ref> He resigned his commission in March 1891<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26141 |date=6 March 1891|page=1267}}</ref> to attend the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], and was commissioned [[second lieutenant]] into the [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] in June 1892.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26298 |date=17 June 1892|page=3516}}</ref><ref>It was normal practice for prospective Indian Army officers to first spend at least a year with a British regiment.</ref> In October 1894 he transferred to the Indian Army<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26591 |date=22 January 1895|page=415}}</ref> and joined the [[95th Russell's Infantry]] (later [[94th Russell's Infantry]]). He was promoted [[Captain (OF-2)|captain]] in July 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27362 |date=4 October 1901|page=6488}}</ref> He served in [[Aden]] from 1903 to 1904 and graduated from the [[Indian Staff College]] at [[Quetta]] in 1908. He was appointed [[brigade major]] in May 1909,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28282 |date=24 August 1909|page=6453}}</ref> actually promoted [[major]] in June 1910,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28404 |date=5 August 1910|page=5675}}</ref> and from July 1911 to June 1913 served as a brigade staff officer.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28532 |date=19 September 1911|page=6886}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28752 |date=2 September 1913|page=6240}}</ref>

During the [[First World War]], Dobbs served in the [[East Africa Campaign (World War I)|East Africa Campaign]] as [[assistant quartermaster-general]], for which he was [[mentioned in dispatches]] three times,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29927 |date=30 January 1917|page=1147|supp=y}}</ref> promoted temporary [[lieutenant-colonel]] in November 1915<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29468 |date=8 February 1916|page=1559|supp=y}}</ref> and [[brevet (military)|brevet]] lieutenant-colonel in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29433 |date=11 January 1916|page=569|supp=y}}</ref> and awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) in February 1917<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29926 |date=30 January 1917|page=1144|supp=y}}</ref> and the Russian [[Order of St Anna]] 3rd Class. Promoted substantive lieutenant-colonel in 1917, he took command of his regiment until 1921, commanding it with the [[Bushire Field Force]] in [[Persia]] in 1918–1919, for which he was again mentioned in despatches and appointed [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in January 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31764 |date=30 January 1920|page=1379|supp=y}}</ref> in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1919, for which he was mentioned for the fifth time and appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in August 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32001 |date=30 July 1920|page=8050}}</ref> and in [[Mesopotamia]] in 1920. In October 1919 he was given the temporary rank of [[brigadier-general]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32204 |date=21 January 1921|page=680|supp=y}}</ref> He retired with the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in October 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32480 |date=7 October 1921|page=7893}}</ref>

Dobbs married Margaret Eleanor Jopp. They had one son and two daughters.

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[[Category:1872 births]]
[[Category:1936 deaths]]
[[Category:British Indian Army generals]]
[[Category:People educated at Bedford School]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Lancashire Fusiliers officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]

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