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Personal data

• Name QUIBELL
• Initials SB
• First name SAMUEL BOYD
• Place of birth Newark
• Country Nottinghamshire, England
• Family Son of Oliver and Elisabeth Quibell, of Shalem Lodge, Newark-on-Trent; two sisters Elisabeth, Ruth; one brother, Oliver;
• Education Miss Wallis's School, Newark; Magnus Grammar School; Leys School, Cambridge
• Profession Employee with Messrs.Thomas Holmes and Son, tanners of Hull

Military service

• Rank Major
• Medals Mentioned in Despatches
• Regiment and unit 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 150th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 50th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career 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

• Wounded 23 January, Zillebeke
• Type of wounds Died of bullet wounds in the chest, in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 5 February 1916
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery II - A - 31

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