Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 242993
Regiment: The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. 13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Battalion.
Died: 19th August 1944
Age: 24 years old
Edward was the son of Edward Bibby and Florence Bibby (née Burrows) of Heysham, Lancashire.
He was born there on the 22nd December 1920. Edward had an older sister Sarah Margaret Burrows.
Their father worked as a General Enquiries Clerk for the Midland Railway Company at Heysham Harbour, Morecombe. In 1939, Edward was working for a Bank in Cumbria and lodging in the home of Mary Martin at Craig Lea, Craig Walk, Windemere.
In WW2 during the Battle for Normandy in 1944, Edward found himself involved in the fighting to take a hill, east of the village of Putot-en-Auge, in Normandy. The hill had to be captured as it was the only road in the area and was vital for the further advance of the 6th Airborne Division. There was fierce opposition from the Germans and casualties were high. Edward was wounded in the head but was patched up by one of his men. Leading the men of 'B' Company and despite his wound he was able to reach the enemy positions and where he was seen fighting, this time hand-to-hand.
After the battle many men were left seriously wounded, others listed as missing presumed captured including Edward. This would appear to be the case with Edward. Later when a German Field Hospital was liberated, wounded paratroopers there spoke about Edward. They said that they had seen him be captured and transferred to a hospital in Rouen. He was then sent to Amiens but he was never seen again after that.
His body was never found (or at least identified). As such he is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Bayeux Memorial.
Edward is also commemorated on the Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My past, Ancestry, Para Data, Special Forces Roll of Honour, Newspaper Archives, '13 – Lucky For Some: The History of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion" by Andrew Woolhouse)
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Service Number: 242993
Regiment: The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. 13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Battalion.
Died: 19th August 1944
Age: 24 years old
Edward was the son of Edward Bibby and Florence Bibby (née Burrows) of Heysham, Lancashire.
He was born there on the 22nd December 1920. Edward had an older sister Sarah Margaret Burrows.
Their father worked as a General Enquiries Clerk for the Midland Railway Company at Heysham Harbour, Morecombe. In 1939, Edward was working for a Bank in Cumbria and lodging in the home of Mary Martin at Craig Lea, Craig Walk, Windemere.
In WW2 during the Battle for Normandy in 1944, Edward found himself involved in the fighting to take a hill, east of the village of Putot-en-Auge, in Normandy. The hill had to be captured as it was the only road in the area and was vital for the further advance of the 6th Airborne Division. There was fierce opposition from the Germans and casualties were high. Edward was wounded in the head but was patched up by one of his men. Leading the men of 'B' Company and despite his wound he was able to reach the enemy positions and where he was seen fighting, this time hand-to-hand.
After the battle many men were left seriously wounded, others listed as missing presumed captured including Edward. This would appear to be the case with Edward. Later when a German Field Hospital was liberated, wounded paratroopers there spoke about Edward. They said that they had seen him be captured and transferred to a hospital in Rouen. He was then sent to Amiens but he was never seen again after that.
His body was never found (or at least identified). As such he is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Bayeux Memorial.
Edward is also commemorated on the Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My past, Ancestry, Para Data, Special Forces Roll of Honour, Newspaper Archives, '13 – Lucky For Some: The History of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion" by Andrew Woolhouse)
(Bio: Woose)
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 242993
Regiment: The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. 13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Battalion.
Died: 19th August 1944
Age: 24 years old
Edward was the son of Edward Bibby and Florence Bibby (née Burrows) of Heysham, Lancashire.
He was born there on the 22nd December 1920. Edward had an older sister Sarah Margaret Burrows.
Their father worked as a General Enquiries Clerk for the Midland Railway Company at Heysham Harbour, Morecombe. In 1939, Edward was working for a Bank in Cumbria and lodging in the home of Mary Martin at Craig Lea, Craig Walk, Windemere.
In WW2 during the Battle for Normandy in 1944, Edward found himself involved in the fighting to take a hill, east of the village of Putot-en-Auge, in Normandy. The hill had to be captured as it was the only road in the area and was vital for the further advance of the 6th Airborne Division. There was fierce opposition from the Germans and casualties were high. Edward was wounded in the head but was patched up by one of his men. Leading the men of 'B' Company and despite his wound he was able to reach the enemy positions and where he was seen fighting, this time hand-to-hand.
After the battle many men were left seriously wounded, others listed as missing presumed captured including Edward. This would appear to be the case with Edward. Later when a German Field Hospital was liberated, wounded paratroopers there spoke about Edward. They said that they had seen him be captured and transferred to a hospital in Rouen. He was then sent to Amiens but he was never seen again after that.
His body was never found (or at least identified). As such he is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Bayeux Memorial.
Edward is also commemorated on the Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My past, Ancestry, Para Data, Special Forces Roll of Honour, Newspaper Archives, '13 – Lucky For Some: The History of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion" by Andrew Woolhouse)
(Bio: Woose)
Service Number: 242993
Regiment: The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. 13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Battalion.
Died: 19th August 1944
Age: 24 years old
Edward was the son of Edward Bibby and Florence Bibby (née Burrows) of Heysham, Lancashire.
He was born there on the 22nd December 1920. Edward had an older sister Sarah Margaret Burrows.
Their father worked as a General Enquiries Clerk for the Midland Railway Company at Heysham Harbour, Morecombe. In 1939, Edward was working for a Bank in Cumbria and lodging in the home of Mary Martin at Craig Lea, Craig Walk, Windemere.
In WW2 during the Battle for Normandy in 1944, Edward found himself involved in the fighting to take a hill, east of the village of Putot-en-Auge, in Normandy. The hill had to be captured as it was the only road in the area and was vital for the further advance of the 6th Airborne Division. There was fierce opposition from the Germans and casualties were high. Edward was wounded in the head but was patched up by one of his men. Leading the men of 'B' Company and despite his wound he was able to reach the enemy positions and where he was seen fighting, this time hand-to-hand.
After the battle many men were left seriously wounded, others listed as missing presumed captured including Edward. This would appear to be the case with Edward. Later when a German Field Hospital was liberated, wounded paratroopers there spoke about Edward. They said that they had seen him be captured and transferred to a hospital in Rouen. He was then sent to Amiens but he was never seen again after that.
His body was never found (or at least identified). As such he is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Bayeux Memorial.
Edward is also commemorated on the Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My past, Ancestry, Para Data, Special Forces Roll of Honour, Newspaper Archives, '13 – Lucky For Some: The History of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion" by Andrew Woolhouse)
(Bio: Woose)
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