Tuesday, 31 August 2010

472 Pte Robert Bernard Ibbs, South Notts Hussars

472 Pte Robert Bernard Ibbs of the South Nottinghamshire Hussars died of wounds on the 29th August 1915. He was 26 years old, the son of Frederick William and Clara Hanna Ibbs of 4 Gregory Avenue, New Lenton, Nottinghamshire. The Commonwealth war Graves Commission notes that he had been Mentioned in Dispatches. Robert, who had possibly been a serving member of the South Notts Hussars since it was formed in 1908, is buried in Lala Baba Cemetery in Turkey.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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