Percy Hobart

Major General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart KBE, CB, DSO, MC , also known as Hobo, was a British military engineer noted for his command of the 79th Armoured Division during World War II. He was responsible for many of the specialised armoured vehicles that took part in the invasion of Normandy and later actions.

Hobart was born in Naini Tal, British India to Robert T. Hobart , and Janetta . His mother was born in County Tyrone and lived at Roughan Park, near Newmills, between Cookstown and Dungannon. She married Robert Hobart in Tullaniskin Parish Church, Dungannon, onOctober 1880.

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