Cromer Book of Remembrance - Harold Joseph Tibbalds
I always get nervous about including other peoples images, but this one I wanted to share.
Cromer isn't somewhere that has featured much in my life until the last few years - a couple of bad childhood experiences coloured my view of the town. So I wasn't overly familiar with the church. I visited in January 2013 and took some pictures of the War Memorial and had a brief walk round the inside of the church on a rather gloomy day. The door to the area under the tower was roped off and so I didn't go in.
As not all the pictures of the war memorial inscriptions came out very well, I returned in May to have another go. This time the door was open - there was a cleaner at work. Through the doorway I could see what looked like some British Legion flags so I asked if I could come in.
To my surprise there was a whole host of memorials - first, second and post-1945, plus individual plaques - some unfortunately obscured by temporary partitions that had been placed around storage areas.
But on a lectern was a flip album with a picture of each of the Great War fallen.
After the first world war a local woman prepared a Book of Remembrance with details of each of the fallen. I understand it was published to raise funds and a copy is held in the local museum. The flip album lovingly recreates some of the detail held in the book.
Next time you are in Cromer, give it a look.
For me a face really brings home the loss.This is the face of Harold Joseph Tibbalds.
Tibbalds, Harold Joseph……………………………………(RoH)
[Joseph Harold on CWGC]. Lance Corporal G/40246. 2nd Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Formerly 41228 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 11th May 1917. Aged 29. Born, lived and enlisted in Brighton. Son of William H. and Florence Tibbalds, of 24, Clifton St., Brighton; husband of Ethel Kate Tibbalds, of 4, Bond St., Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/777537/TIBBALDS,%20JO...
(Lance Corporal Joseph Harold Tibbalds)
SDGW lists Joseph Harold as born and resident Brighton – NB he is the only person recorded on both the CWGC and SDGW databases with this surname.
He was soldier G/40246 Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Medal Index Card reference:- WO 372/20/27070
He is listed as Private G/40246 Joseph H.Tibbalds, The Queens Regiment. This is the only unit he is listed as serving with in a Theatre of War.
No match on Norlink
Census
The 24 year old Joseph Harold, born Brighton, was working as a Bass Player\Musician and resident at 24 Clifton Street, Brighton on the 1911 census. This was the household of his parents, William Henry, (aged 46 and a Pianoforte Tuner and Violin Maker from St.Pancras, Middlesex), and Florence, (aged 56 and from Temple Cloud, Somerset). The couple have been married 27 years and have had 4 children, all then still alive. As well as Joseph, these are:-
Herbert Edward……………..aged 26………born Brighton…….Violin Maker
Arthur Stanley……………….aged 25………born Brighton…….Mechanical Dentist
Howard Oldham…………….aged 22………born Brighton…….Tailor and Cutter
The marriage of Joseph H Tibbalds to Ethel K Hastings took place in the October to December 1913 quarter in the Brighton District.
It may be a co-incidence but the birth of a Joan P Tibbalds was recorded in the Steyning District of Sussex in the January to March 1915 quarter. Her mothers maiden name was Hastings.
On the day
11th May 1917 - Battalion War Diary.
7.30 am. Bn.HQ moved to Dug out at Pt.31 in G.1.Line.
Hostile Artillery active against G.1. Line.
Snipers very active all day from N.E side of the village.
11.30 pm. Lieut. BINGHAM and an R.E. Officer put down forming up tape from P.88 in G.1.Line on rt. to CANNON HOUSE - U.28.a.3.4 on left.
(The battalion attacked at 4.30 the next morning in an attack alongside the Australians to capture the village of Bullecourt).
The Roll of Honour for Cromer for the Great War is on the wall just above it. It lists 94 names rather than the 88 shown on the War memorial in the church yard.
Frank Allen.........................died 01/07/1916
Gilbert Allen.......................died 13/11/1916
James Percy Allen..............died 25/04/1918,
Stephen Allen....................died 26/08/1916
William Robert Allen...........died 26/10/1917
Cecil Charles Amis............died 20/08/1918.
Horace Walpole Amis........died 25/03/1918
Robert Joseph Amis..........died 14/05/1918
Thomas Sidney Amis........died 09/10/1918
William Walter Amis.........died 18/08/1918
Gilbert Spencer Balls........died 25/04/1917
Walter Balls.....................died 09/05/1917
Norman (James) Bastow...died 16/04/1916
(Only\Onley) George Benjamin Beck
Albert Edward Blythe........died 25/10/1918
Charles John Bumfrey.......died 20/09/1917
Arthur Edward Bunn.........died 24/10/1917
Lewis Ambrose Burton......died 24/11/1915
Andrew Richard Buxton.....died 07/06/1917
James Shuckburgh Carter.died 27/09/1918
Andrew John Clarke..........died 22/02/1919
George Henry Clarke........died 21/04/1918
Herbert Richard Clarke......died 08/06/1915
Arthur Harry Cook.............died 12/07/1917
Sydney Isaac Cook...........died 30/07/1917
Arthur William Craske.......died 23/10/1917
George Thomas Craske....died 28/02/1917
Lindsay (Oswald) Crawford..died 22/09/1918
Thomas Frederick Davies....(possibly) died 12/09/1917
Daniel Dempsey...............died 23/05/1917
David Cecil Charles Dulley...died 19/05/1916
William Guy Durrant............died 20/08/1915
Bertie Thomas Farrow.........died 10/04/1918
Ernest Richard Farrow.........died 24/02/1918
Athelstan Alfred Lennox Fenner...died 31/01/1918
Cyril Frederick Hamilton Fenner...died 24/09/1916
John Leslie Fish..................died 03/07/1916
Geoffrey King Frost..............died 05/12/1917
Ambrose Golding.................died 01/05/1917t
Walter Grix.........................died 03/10/1918
Herbert Otho Hamilton..........died 25/09/1915
(Philip)Anthony Harbord........died 01/12/1917
John Harbord.......................died 10/07/1917
William March Hardingham....died 11/06/1917
Archibald Hastings...............died 19/04/1917
Bertie Hastings....................died 19/04/1917
Bertie Harvey.......................died 16/07/1917
George Hawk(e)sley.............died 22/03/1918
John Herbert Hewitt...............died 16/04/1917
Cyril Stanley Hicks..............died 04/09/1916
Frank Edgar Holdom...........died 21/09/1916
Charles George Hurrell........died 20/07/1916
Alan Bishop Jarvis..............died 10/08/1917
Leonard John Jefferson........died 19/09/1918
Derrick Hayward Kettle.......died 18/09/1918
Felix Marmaduke Kettle......died 06/12/1918
John William Kirby.............died 23/03/1918
William Lake.....................died 17/07/1915
Edward James Larwood......died 09/05/1915
Herbert George Laycock.....died 03/09/1918
Charles Wales Leggett.......died 23/11/1918
Reginald Wood Moulton.....died 23/11/1917
Charles Robert Moy...........died 07/09/1915
George William Needs.......died 12/08/1915
Francis Arthur St George Nelson..died 11/09/1916
Hilary Cossey Nockels......died 01/07/1916
Alfred Norton.....................died 06/03/1915
Robert Gaff Painter............died 24/07/1916
William Thomas Payne......died 21/08/1915
Oliver Crossley Rayner......died 18/11/1916
Thomas Robinson.............died 21/08/1915
Arthur Benjamin Royall......died 26/09/1917
William Salter......possibly died 09/08/1916
Ernest J Savory...possibly died 20/11/1918
Sidney Robert Savory........died 14/09/1914
Enoch Shipley..................died 29/10/1916
George Cyril Smith...........died 26/09/1916
Sidney Arthur Smith.........died 15/09/1916
Walter Robert Allen Spalding.....died 03/07/1917
Henry Maurice / Burton Henry Morris Stearman
George Thomas Christmas Stimpson.....died 18/09/1916
Harold Joseph Tibbalds............died 11/05/1917
William James Walker
William Williamson.................died 13/08/1915
Herbert Wilson.......................died 27/11/1915
Herbert Ernest Youell..............died 03/04/1918
Francis Henry Baxter..............died 18/04/1918
Ernest William Baxter.............died 22/08/1918
With grateful acknowledgement to the Roll of Honour site (RoH) which served as my starting point:-
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Cromer.html
(SDGW - Soldiers Who Died in the Great War
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Norlink - Norfolk County Picture Archive)
Cromer Book of Remembrance - Harold Joseph Tibbalds
I always get nervous about including other peoples images, but this one I wanted to share.
Cromer isn't somewhere that has featured much in my life until the last few years - a couple of bad childhood experiences coloured my view of the town. So I wasn't overly familiar with the church. I visited in January 2013 and took some pictures of the War Memorial and had a brief walk round the inside of the church on a rather gloomy day. The door to the area under the tower was roped off and so I didn't go in.
As not all the pictures of the war memorial inscriptions came out very well, I returned in May to have another go. This time the door was open - there was a cleaner at work. Through the doorway I could see what looked like some British Legion flags so I asked if I could come in.
To my surprise there was a whole host of memorials - first, second and post-1945, plus individual plaques - some unfortunately obscured by temporary partitions that had been placed around storage areas.
But on a lectern was a flip album with a picture of each of the Great War fallen.
After the first world war a local woman prepared a Book of Remembrance with details of each of the fallen. I understand it was published to raise funds and a copy is held in the local museum. The flip album lovingly recreates some of the detail held in the book.
Next time you are in Cromer, give it a look.
For me a face really brings home the loss.This is the face of Harold Joseph Tibbalds.
Tibbalds, Harold Joseph……………………………………(RoH)
[Joseph Harold on CWGC]. Lance Corporal G/40246. 2nd Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Formerly 41228 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 11th May 1917. Aged 29. Born, lived and enlisted in Brighton. Son of William H. and Florence Tibbalds, of 24, Clifton St., Brighton; husband of Ethel Kate Tibbalds, of 4, Bond St., Cromer, Norfolk. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/777537/TIBBALDS,%20JO...
(Lance Corporal Joseph Harold Tibbalds)
SDGW lists Joseph Harold as born and resident Brighton – NB he is the only person recorded on both the CWGC and SDGW databases with this surname.
He was soldier G/40246 Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Medal Index Card reference:- WO 372/20/27070
He is listed as Private G/40246 Joseph H.Tibbalds, The Queens Regiment. This is the only unit he is listed as serving with in a Theatre of War.
No match on Norlink
Census
The 24 year old Joseph Harold, born Brighton, was working as a Bass Player\Musician and resident at 24 Clifton Street, Brighton on the 1911 census. This was the household of his parents, William Henry, (aged 46 and a Pianoforte Tuner and Violin Maker from St.Pancras, Middlesex), and Florence, (aged 56 and from Temple Cloud, Somerset). The couple have been married 27 years and have had 4 children, all then still alive. As well as Joseph, these are:-
Herbert Edward……………..aged 26………born Brighton…….Violin Maker
Arthur Stanley……………….aged 25………born Brighton…….Mechanical Dentist
Howard Oldham…………….aged 22………born Brighton…….Tailor and Cutter
The marriage of Joseph H Tibbalds to Ethel K Hastings took place in the October to December 1913 quarter in the Brighton District.
It may be a co-incidence but the birth of a Joan P Tibbalds was recorded in the Steyning District of Sussex in the January to March 1915 quarter. Her mothers maiden name was Hastings.
On the day
11th May 1917 - Battalion War Diary.
7.30 am. Bn.HQ moved to Dug out at Pt.31 in G.1.Line.
Hostile Artillery active against G.1. Line.
Snipers very active all day from N.E side of the village.
11.30 pm. Lieut. BINGHAM and an R.E. Officer put down forming up tape from P.88 in G.1.Line on rt. to CANNON HOUSE - U.28.a.3.4 on left.
(The battalion attacked at 4.30 the next morning in an attack alongside the Australians to capture the village of Bullecourt).
The Roll of Honour for Cromer for the Great War is on the wall just above it. It lists 94 names rather than the 88 shown on the War memorial in the church yard.
Frank Allen.........................died 01/07/1916
Gilbert Allen.......................died 13/11/1916
James Percy Allen..............died 25/04/1918,
Stephen Allen....................died 26/08/1916
William Robert Allen...........died 26/10/1917
Cecil Charles Amis............died 20/08/1918.
Horace Walpole Amis........died 25/03/1918
Robert Joseph Amis..........died 14/05/1918
Thomas Sidney Amis........died 09/10/1918
William Walter Amis.........died 18/08/1918
Gilbert Spencer Balls........died 25/04/1917
Walter Balls.....................died 09/05/1917
Norman (James) Bastow...died 16/04/1916
(Only\Onley) George Benjamin Beck
Albert Edward Blythe........died 25/10/1918
Charles John Bumfrey.......died 20/09/1917
Arthur Edward Bunn.........died 24/10/1917
Lewis Ambrose Burton......died 24/11/1915
Andrew Richard Buxton.....died 07/06/1917
James Shuckburgh Carter.died 27/09/1918
Andrew John Clarke..........died 22/02/1919
George Henry Clarke........died 21/04/1918
Herbert Richard Clarke......died 08/06/1915
Arthur Harry Cook.............died 12/07/1917
Sydney Isaac Cook...........died 30/07/1917
Arthur William Craske.......died 23/10/1917
George Thomas Craske....died 28/02/1917
Lindsay (Oswald) Crawford..died 22/09/1918
Thomas Frederick Davies....(possibly) died 12/09/1917
Daniel Dempsey...............died 23/05/1917
David Cecil Charles Dulley...died 19/05/1916
William Guy Durrant............died 20/08/1915
Bertie Thomas Farrow.........died 10/04/1918
Ernest Richard Farrow.........died 24/02/1918
Athelstan Alfred Lennox Fenner...died 31/01/1918
Cyril Frederick Hamilton Fenner...died 24/09/1916
John Leslie Fish..................died 03/07/1916
Geoffrey King Frost..............died 05/12/1917
Ambrose Golding.................died 01/05/1917t
Walter Grix.........................died 03/10/1918
Herbert Otho Hamilton..........died 25/09/1915
(Philip)Anthony Harbord........died 01/12/1917
John Harbord.......................died 10/07/1917
William March Hardingham....died 11/06/1917
Archibald Hastings...............died 19/04/1917
Bertie Hastings....................died 19/04/1917
Bertie Harvey.......................died 16/07/1917
George Hawk(e)sley.............died 22/03/1918
John Herbert Hewitt...............died 16/04/1917
Cyril Stanley Hicks..............died 04/09/1916
Frank Edgar Holdom...........died 21/09/1916
Charles George Hurrell........died 20/07/1916
Alan Bishop Jarvis..............died 10/08/1917
Leonard John Jefferson........died 19/09/1918
Derrick Hayward Kettle.......died 18/09/1918
Felix Marmaduke Kettle......died 06/12/1918
John William Kirby.............died 23/03/1918
William Lake.....................died 17/07/1915
Edward James Larwood......died 09/05/1915
Herbert George Laycock.....died 03/09/1918
Charles Wales Leggett.......died 23/11/1918
Reginald Wood Moulton.....died 23/11/1917
Charles Robert Moy...........died 07/09/1915
George William Needs.......died 12/08/1915
Francis Arthur St George Nelson..died 11/09/1916
Hilary Cossey Nockels......died 01/07/1916
Alfred Norton.....................died 06/03/1915
Robert Gaff Painter............died 24/07/1916
William Thomas Payne......died 21/08/1915
Oliver Crossley Rayner......died 18/11/1916
Thomas Robinson.............died 21/08/1915
Arthur Benjamin Royall......died 26/09/1917
William Salter......possibly died 09/08/1916
Ernest J Savory...possibly died 20/11/1918
Sidney Robert Savory........died 14/09/1914
Enoch Shipley..................died 29/10/1916
George Cyril Smith...........died 26/09/1916
Sidney Arthur Smith.........died 15/09/1916
Walter Robert Allen Spalding.....died 03/07/1917
Henry Maurice / Burton Henry Morris Stearman
George Thomas Christmas Stimpson.....died 18/09/1916
Harold Joseph Tibbalds............died 11/05/1917
William James Walker
William Williamson.................died 13/08/1915
Herbert Wilson.......................died 27/11/1915
Herbert Ernest Youell..............died 03/04/1918
Francis Henry Baxter..............died 18/04/1918
Ernest William Baxter.............died 22/08/1918
With grateful acknowledgement to the Roll of Honour site (RoH) which served as my starting point:-
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Cromer.html
(SDGW - Soldiers Who Died in the Great War
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Norlink - Norfolk County Picture Archive)