John Thomas Ibbetson, of the 12th Battalion, Hull Pals, died of wounds at 30 Casualty Clearing Station, France on the 5th May 1917 and buried at Aubigny-en-Artois. Presumably wounded in the Oppy Wood offensive, he died of gunshot wounds to the back and right arm.
He was born Thorne, Yorkshire, 1893 (not Thornton, Lancashire as recorded in the official record from the time). The son of Joe and Mary Ann Ibbertson. His father Joe was a waterman and in the 1901 Census, the Ibbertson family were living on a barge at Alexandria Dock, Hull.
John Thomas Ibbetson married Frances May Barker in 1914 at Beverley, having a son, also named John Thomas born 11/09/1914. She lived at 5, Cleo Terrace, Westmoreland Street, Hull (War Pension address).
First name:
JOHN THOMAS
Military Number:
220027
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/05/1917
Place died:
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
5, Cleo Terrace, Westmoreland Street, Hull, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
