Hedley Adams Mobbs
English architect (1891–1970)
Hedley Adams Mobbs (1891-1970) was a British architect who worked in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Apart from his work as an architect he worked as cartoonist for the satirical magazine Punch. He was also a crack rifleman who took part in competitions at Bisley, played football (left wing) for Cambridge Town, a ragtime pianist, beekeeper, horticulturalist and artist. In later life he invented a device for dipping car headlights. He was also a philatelist writing standard works on the subject and advising on the formation of the Royal Stamp collection.
Career
Hedley Mobbs was born at Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft. He was the younger brother of Sydney Mobbs. He was articled to John 'Concrete' Cockrill, the architect and surveyor in Great Yarmouth. In 1917 he married Lily Marsden.
He joined the nascent Royal Air Force at Cranwell towards the end of First World War.
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