SIBBICK, Alfred Leonard

Jerusalem MemorialCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Alfred was born 1898 in Newport to Oliver & Susan (nee FROUD) SIBBICK of Idlecombe in Carisbrooke.

Alfred, aged 18, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 19th of April 1917, & is commemorated by the Commission on the Jerusalem Memorial to the Missing, together with 3,318 of his First World War comrades.

Alfred is also remembered on the Carisbrooke & IW Rifles War Memorials. His brothers, Harry Froud & Reginald Robert also fell.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

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.