| Surname: | Lidbitter |
| Initials: | W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 1035635 |
| Notes: | CMP. Formerly Royal Artillery, transferred to CMP. Extract from the Kentish Express 21 May 1937. JUMPING, FLYING 7 GYM DISPLAY AT WYE FAIR - FETE IN AID OF PUBLIC HALL. The Novices Show jumping (there were 13 entries) opened the events. The small-ness of the ring and the softness of the turf added to the difficulties and one horse having taken the jump the rider found he could not pull up and had to leap the barrier to the alarm of several spectators. Soldier riders were the eventual winners, L/Cpl Lidbitter (Military Mounded Police on "Bess2 was first. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | General Service Medal 1918 (London Gazette: Medal Roll WO 100/509 Page: 263 Jan. 24, 1940) |
| Citation: | Clasp: Palestine, 1936- 1939. |