John Thomas Tibbs
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John Thomas Tibbs
Dob 1882 Tipton
Baptism Date 8 Oct 1882
Baptism Place Tipton, St Mark, Staffordshire, England
Religion Anglican
Pge No 123
Parents George & Elizabeth Tibbs
Of 41, Piercy St., Newtown, Wednesbury, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Wolverhampton, Resident: Wednesbury.
Killed in Action on Wednesday, 16th February 1916, age 34.
Commemorated on Panel 35 and 37 of Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
8th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 51st Brigade of 17th Division.
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, but commemoriated on Mesty Croft War Memorial Wednesbury.
Commemorated here because identified as Tipton on 'Soldiers Died in the Great War
Link to Commonwealth War Graves Site: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1626516/