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ALBERT EDWARD DIBBERT
BORN HULL 05/02/1888. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE DIBBERT (1866-1952) AND FRANCES HANNAH STRINGER (1874-1949), OF 170, WESTMINSTER ROAD, KIRKDALE, LANCASHIRE. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN GERMANY & WORKED AS A MUSICAL DIRECTOR, IN A THEATRE COMPANY. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LIVERPOOL.
ALBERT HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS AND WORKED AS A SHIPPING CLERK (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS EMPLOYED BY LEVER BROTHERS AND WORKED IN THE CONGO. HE ARRIVED IN PLYMOUTH FROM SIERRA LEONE ON 2 JAN 1916 TO ENLIST.
HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL. SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE 9TH KING'SLIVERPOOL REGIMENT (SIGNALLING SECTION). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/10/1918, AGED 30. BURIED AT LOUVERVAL MILITARY CEMETERY, DOIGNIES, FRANCE.
HE MARRIED ON 11 SEP 1918, AGED 30, AT THE TRINITY WESLEYAN CHAPEL, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE. HE HAD ONLY BEEN MARRIED FOR THREE WEEKS BEFORE HE DIED. THE WAR WOULD END IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
HIS WIFE, ADA ELIZABETH GEE DIBBERT, OF 2, BURNAGE HALL, LEVENHULME, MANCHESTER, LATER MOVED TO 389, HEMPSHAW LANE, STOCKPORT (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE HERBERT DIBBERT (1895-1960), 2138114, LIVERPOOL REGIMENT & CHARLES AMBROSE DIBBERT (1897-1970), 1538, RAMC, ALSO SERVED IN WW1.
Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies, Nord, France
Doignies 62147
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