Name
William James Sibley
7 Dec 1884
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/09/1916
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
43247
Northamptonshire Regiment
6th Bn.
'B' Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Face 11 A and 11 D.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Northchurch Village Memorial,
St Mary’s Church Window, Northchurch,
Not on the North Mymms memorials
Pre War
William James was born in North Mimms, Herts., on 7 Dec 1884 to Sarah Ann Sibley. By the 1901 census he was working as a gardener in Roestock, as he was in 1911. He married Norah Anne Moore in 1916.
Recorded as born in North Mimms and enlisting in Berkhamsted.
Wartime Service
He enlisted as Private 26975 Bedfordshire Regiment but was transferred to 6th Battalion Northants Regiment with a new serial number of 43247.
He was reported Killed in Action on 26 Sep 1916 on the Somme (possibly Thiepval Ridge). There being no remains recovered he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £3 and arrears of £1 12s 5d paid to his widow.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/first-world-war-database
