BIBBEY, Newman James

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
CH/X 104688
P.O.W. number: 
82536
Born: 
Wednesday, October 19, 1921
Birthplace: 
Hoxton, London
Died : 
Monday, June 21, 1999
Place died or last resided: 
Essex
Age: 
77
Newman James Bibbey, a Printing Apprentice from London, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 26 June 1941. He joined 46RM Commando sometime after their formation in August 1943. Marine Bibbey, B troop, was taken prisoner of war on 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots, Normandy. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bexley, Kent.
POW timeline
04.08.1944 - 09.09.1944 Stalag X11A.
10.09.1944 -27.04.1945 Marlag and Milag Nord.
 
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/28/1.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/29/188.
National Archives files ADM201/111.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 109 (1999).
CVA Gallery image of  'B' Troop.
 

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