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Private A A Hibben


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Private Alfred Arthur HIBBEN, S/9086, 1st   Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France,  death presumed on or after 22nd July 1916, age 18.

1898 January, born Dartford, Kent, son of Arthur and Elizabeth Jane Hibben, of 47, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent.


1911 Census - 47, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent - Arthur Hibben, head, age 44, married, chalk quarrier, worker, born Stone, Kent; Elizabeth J Hibben, wife, age 35, married 14 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, laundry MAB, worker, born Stone, Kent; Alfred A Hibben, son age 13, school, born Dartford, Kent; Ivy E Hibben, daughter, age 11, school, born Dartford, Kent; *Arthur C E Hibben, son, age 10, school, born Dartford, Kent; Mabel B Hibben, daughter, age 7, school, born Dartford, Kent; Walter W Golding, visitor, age 29, married 5 years, platelayer, chalk quarry, worker, born Dartford, Kent; Frances Golding, visitor, age 25, married 5 years, 1 child, born Stone, Kent; Walter F J Golding, visitor, age 1 month, born Stone, Kent; Winifred M Milton, visitor, age 4, school, born Gravesend, Kent.


*Arthur Hibben, enlisted 19th November 1915, Dartford, Kent, age 19 years & 60 days, height 5ft 2 inches. Resided 47, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent. Formerly labourer in cotton works. Posted 12th Suffolk Regiment (Bantams), Service No.23232. 22nd November 1915, discharged as not likely to become an efficient soldier.

NOTE - In 1915 he would have only been 14 or 15.


Formerly served in Territorial Force, 4th London Field Ambulance, RAMC.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 17 years & 248 days, height 5ft 4¾ inches, weight 109lbs, grey eyes, light brown hair, small birth mark ?????, back, small mole back ??? shoulder blade. Formerly plumbers mate.

Home, 1st April 1914 to 12th January 1915; BEF, 13th January 1915 to 22nd July 1916.

1st April 1914, enlisted & posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 13th January 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th January 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 20th January 1915, joined Battalion In the Field, "D" Company; 10th April 1915, 10 General Hospital, sprained ankle; 3rd May 1915, rejoined Battalion; 15th September 1915, 15 Field Ambulance, abscess aprilia, to 5 Divisional Rest Station; 22nd October 1915, 15 Field Ambulance, constipation, to 5 Divisional Rest Station; 1st November 1915, rejoined Battalion In the Field; 22nd July 1916, posted missing.

27th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Arthur Hibben, 47, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford; Mother Elizabeth Hibben, 47, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford; Brothers - Arthr Charles Edward Hibben, age 18, 47, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford; Sisters - Ivy Elizabeth, age 19, 47, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford; Mabel Beatrice Hibben, age 15, 47, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford; Grandparents - Mrs Hibben, 52 St Albans Road, Dartford; Mr & Mrs Knight, 24, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford; Uncles / Aunts - Mrs Hibben, 2 St Albans Road, Dartford; Mrs Golding, 51, Milestone Road, Stone, Dartford.

Commemorated at  Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.


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