Corporal Frederick William Bilbie

Army Number: 27152

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of James and Ellen, of  Clifton Village, Nottingham.  Husband of Gertrude Bilbie, of 47, Bridge Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire. He was a wagoner prior to enlisting 5th June 1915 at Nottingham. He was appointed Lance Corporal 4th January 1916 and went France 6th March 1916. He was promoted Corporal 9th march 1916 and was killed in action, 15th June 1916, age 35,  whilst serving in the trenches near Givenchy, France. 

Buried: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l’Avoue, France. Plot 3, Row G, Grave 29.

Buried: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l’Avoue, France. Plot 3, Row G, Grave 29.

Corporal Frederick William Bilbie is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Clifton, Nottingham.
Clifton Village Green War Memorial, Nottingham.
Clifton Estate War Memorial  (Clifton Library), Clifton, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

His brother Private Frank Bilbie, 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.