Victor Albert Dibble (1890 - 1918)

Born Jun 1890 in Ashcott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy Rachel (Morris) Dibble — married Mar 1913 (to 1918) in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Died 1 Dec 1918 at age 28 in Ashcott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Victor was born in 1890. He was the son of Joseph Dibble and Elizabeth Richards.

Noting that this last-born child of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Dibble died in 1918 at then age of 28, one is led at once to infer .... but, no: he is not listed among the dead bodies lying in some French field. On the other hand, he did apparently serve in the British Army, with his record showing him as serving with the Royal Garrison Artillery (112th Siege Battery) in 1915. Somewhere, at some point. The records are apparently "burnt".

It seems likely that he was released home early, for some reason, though probably owing to injuries or illness - since normally, once you enlisted, that was it.... unless. He must have been at home by 1917, since he fathered a son in the first quarter of that year, and lived to see him born in the last. Then he died a year later, himself. Only a sight of the Death certificate would perhaps reveal the full story.

As to his marriage, the story of his wife Lucy Thatcher "Morris" is worth reading on her Profile page: a rather shameful exploitation of a teenage servant girl, Priscilla Morris, Lucy's mother, who bore around a dozen children for her employer John Thatcher, and was obliged to palm them off as her illegitimate offspring, under her own surname. Bastards or not, they all adopted "Thatcher" after their father died in 1907.

Sources

• GRO INDEX : Births Jun 1890 DIBBLE Victor Albert Bridgwater 5c 362
• GRO INDEX : Marriages Mar 1913 Dibble Victor A & Thatcher Lucy Taunton 5c 537
• GRO INDEX : Deaths Dec 1918 Dibble Victor A 28 Bridgwater 5c 567