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  • Newark
  • Nottinghamshire, England
  • Son of Oliver and Elisabeth Quibell, of Shalem Lodge, Newark-on-Trent; two sisters Elisabeth, Ruth; one brother, Oliver;
  • Miss Wallis's School, Newark; Magnus Grammar School; Leys School, Cambridge
  • Employee with Messrs.Thomas Holmes and Son, tanners of Hull

Military service

  • Major
  • Mentioned in Despatches
  • 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
  • Obtained a commission in the 4th East Yorks; gazetted Captain when 22; at 24 he was the youngest Major in the Territorial Force; to France in April 1915; hit by shell in jaw and neck, January 1916, fit again after a week

Death

  • 23 January, Zillebeke
  • Died of bullet wounds in the chest, in n°10 CCS
  • 25
  • II - A - 31

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