Private Charles Hibbert was born in East Kirkby in 1893 and was the son of Joseph and Mary Ann Hibbert.  He lived and enlisted in Mansfield in 1914 and had previously been employed at the Mansfield Tramway Company Sheds.  Charles trained at Newark, Harpenden, Braintree and Luton before landing in France on 2nd March 1915 with 1/8th Battalion serving with B Company.   The battalion took over trenches in Kemmel sector near Ypres in Belgium on 3rd April 1915, where he was sadly Killed in Action on 24th April 1915 aged 22 years. His death was caused by the explosion of a bomb. He is buried in the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium, Plot E.81. Belgium and is also commemorated on the St Marks Church War Memorial Cross, St Marks Roll of Honour and St Marks Choristers War Memorial, Mansfield.  Charles is the brother of 2415 Private Marshall Hibbert who served in the same battalion with A Company.