Driver 78343 James Bibby
Regiment/Unit: Royal Field Artillery - 'A' Bty. 70th Bde.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 11/07/1915
Age at death: 38
Date of death: 21st of April 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Wigan, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Duisans British Cemetery Etrun - II. N. 27.
BMD details:
Marriage: 2 Jun 1900 St Thomas, Wigan, Lancashire, England James Bibby - 21, Collier, Bachelor, 5 Wood Street Elizabeth Jarvis - 21, Spinster, 11 Wood Street Groom's Father: Thomas Bibby, Collier Bride's Father: Henry Jarvis, Collier Witness: Edward Alder; Esther Alder Married by Banns by: Arthur Andrew Brooks, Assistant Curate Register: Marriages 1896 - 1905, Page 106, Entry 212 Source: Original register at Wigan Archives.
Family details:
Husband of Elizabeth Bibby, of 105, Moss Lane, Platt Bridge, Wigan.
Census details:
1881 - 2 years old James is living at Dentons Green Lane, St Helens with parents Thomas (23), Mary (23) and sister Mary (1). 1891 - 12 years old 'Farm Boy' James living at Moss Lane, Windle, St Helens with parents Thomas (33), Mary (33) and five siblings: Mary (11), Margaret (10), William (8), Esther (6), Thomas (2). 1901 - 22 years old 'Coal Hewer' James, wife Elizabeth (22) and son James (4 mths) are boarding at 5 Wood Street, Wigan with the Beard family. The surname is transcribed as Bebby and birth place is Wigan in the 1901 census. both incorrect. 1911 - Sees 32 years old 'Coal Miner - Hewer' James living at 9 Amberswood Common, Hindley with wife of ten years Elizabeth (32) and five children: James (10), William Henry (8), Albert (6), Thomas (4), Edward (1).
[pic]imgs/sppics/J_Bibby_RFA.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Driver James Bibby at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun
(Photograph courtesy of R Houghton)[/caption]
