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William Arthur Dibbs

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William Arthur Dibbs (image courtesy of Patricia Illsley)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 23.09.1914
  • Place of enlistment: Valcartier, Quebec.
  • Service no: 28942
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 16th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 22.04.1915
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 24-26-28-30

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 01.03.1891
  • Place of Birth: Alyth
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Clerk
  • Mother:

    Anne Dibbs (nee Gardiner), 26 Ashbank Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    Alexander Dibbs

  • Siblings:

    David, Catherine, Alexander, Harry, Tom, Walter & Ann

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about William Arthur Dibbs

William has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. He was killed in action just 12 days before his brother Pte David Dibbs 51168 of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry who was killed in action 04/05/1915 at Bellewaerde, Belgium. Two other brothers also served during the Great War and returned home safely, they were Seaman Walter Robert Dibbs, J72382, H.M.S. Victory, Royal Navy and Cpt Henry James Dibbs, Indian Army.

William and David’s mother is also recorded as residing at 21 Loons Rd, Dundee.

For more information on William, visit William’s Memorial and William’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

William’s father Alexander was Stationmaster of Lochee train station and was sadly killed by a train in 1913.

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by William’s great niece, Patricia Lovatt.

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