DIBBENS, Walter Thomas

Credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Rifleman

1st Battalion

Hampshire Regiment

Walter was born 1897 in Sandown to James Thomas & Harriet Way (nee COLENUTT) DIBBENS. In 1901 the family lived at The Bell Inn, Church Hill in Godshill. By 1911 they had moved to 20 Union Street in Newport.

Walter, aged 19, was reported as Killed in Action on the 19th of April 1917, & is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery beneath a Commission Headstone, alongside nearly 3,216 of his First World War comrades, with 781 of these, remaining unidentified.

Walter is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.