William Dobbie - Later Years

Later Years

He died on 3 October 1964 in Kensington, London, England at the age of 85 years. He was buried in Charlton Cemetery, near the Chindit memorial of his nephew Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO (1903–1944). His wife Sybil and other members of his family are also buried there.

Read more about this topic:  William Dobbie

Famous quotes containing the word years:

    “Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.”
    —John Wesley (1703–1791)

    “The years like great black oxen tread the world,
    And God the herdsman treads them on behind,
    And I am broken by their passing feet.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)