Private Charles Henry Hibbert

Army Number : 2200

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Hibbert, of 54, Princes Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a tram driver prior to enlisting 7th September 1914 at Mansfield. He went to France, 2nd March 1915 and was killed in action, 24th April 1915, aged 22, by German shellfire whilst serving in the line at Kemmel, Belgium.

Private Charles Henry Hibbert
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Nottingham Evening Post 30th April 1915.
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Mansfield Reporter and Sutton Times 30th April 1915.

Buried: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium. Row E. Grave 81.

Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Charles Henry Hibbert grave

Private Charles Henry Hibbert is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Mark’s Church War Memorial Cross, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mark’s Church Roll of Honour, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mark’s Church Choristers War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.