Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
20th (Labour) Battalion
May 1916 Formed at Derby and then deployed to France as part of the 5th Army Troops.
April 1917 Transferred to the Labour Corps as the 28th & 29th Labour Companies.
BORN APPLEBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, 7 JAN 1885. SON OF WILLIAM SIBBON (1854-1929) AND MARY HANNAH WALKER (1861-1907). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. MARRIED AT SKIRLAUGH , 1905. HUSBAND OF ANNIE ELIZA ATKINSON SIBBORN (1881-1963). THEY HAD THREE CHILDEN, TOM, ELLEN AND DORA WHO ALL DIED IN INFANCY, BEFORE 1919. HE WAS A BREWERY CALLER … Read more
BORN SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE, 1888. HIS WIFE, LOUISA GRAY LAWRENCE LIVED AT CROWN SETTLEMENT, NEAR PATRINGTON. AND SUNK ISLAND. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 20TH SHERWOOD FORESTER. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/10/1916, AGED 28. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, LOUISA.
