On the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France is the name of Lieutenant George Bertrand Sibbit, serving with the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers who died 27/09/1918.

The son of Thomas H. and Janet E. F. Sibbit, of 26, Rothbury Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. He was formerly with the  22nd Battalion as Serjeant. He had previously been wounded.

John Hulme says: Sometimes the name is spelt with two Ts at the end, sometimes he is called Bert and in one case he is Geo. C, but it is the same man.

Lieutenant George Bertrand Sibbit was brother to Major Henry Sibbit.

The Newcastle Journal 10/10/1918 reports:-
The Lord Mayor referred also the fact that Lieut. George Bertrand Sibbit, N.F., a member the staff of St. Paul’s C.E, School, had been killed in action. Lieut. Sibbit, who was son of  Mr T. H. Sibbit, headmaster of Union Road School (now temporarily Wingrove), left college in 1913, and at the outbreak of war joined up, and had been with the colours ever since. This was the second son of Mr Sibbit who had made the supreme sacrifice. A vote of condolence was carried.

George Bertrand Sibbit is remembered at Byker on B95.08, at Durham on D47.017,  D47.126 and D47.127,  at Elswick on E35.04 and E35.09,  at Heaton on  H91.05,  H91.41 and H91.44, at Newcastle on NUT126,  in the Regimental Roll of Honour A11.43 page 6 and in our Lists of Teachers who fell in 1914-18 and Teachers who served in 1914-18.