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Funeral conducted by Francis Chappell & Sons Funeral Directors
8 Grand Parade, High Street, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1BU
01293 521407

Richard Joseph Caistor Dobson MBE

24th September 1925 - 22nd November 2025

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The family of Richard Joseph Caistor Dobson are sad to announce that he passed away at home on 22nd November 2025 aged 100 years. He leaves behind two daughters, Kinga Worsfold and Eleanor Dobson, who will never forget him.
He qualified as a naval architect in the 1950's and started his working life at John Brown's shipyard in Glasgow. Later, he moved to Lloyd's Register of Shipping in London, where he remained until his retirement, rising to become Senior Surveyor.
You did your best; rest now difficult boy, rest.

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DATE AND TIME

Thursday 11th December 2025, 10:30am

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The Friary, 14 Haslett Avenue, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1HR

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DATE AND TIME

Thursday 11th December 2025, 1:30pm

ADDRESS

Brookwood Cemetery, Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0BL

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