Nottingham Post obituary 11th August 1917 (abridged): 'BILBIE killed in action July 31st, Private Claude Bilbie, Grenadier Guards, of 19 Hartley Street, Lenton, late Coppice Road. Youngest brother of George Bilbie.'
Nottingham Evening Post 20/4/1918:
“POLICE CASUALTIES.
“TWO NOTTS. CONSTABLES KILLED IN ACTION.
“To a meeting of the Notts. Standing Joint Committee at the Shire Hall, Nottingham, to-day, [20th April 1918] Sir Ernest Paget presiding, the Chief Constable (Capt. W. H. Tomasson) reported that two constables of the County Police Force, namely, Claude Bilbie and Fredk. J. Hinchcliffe, had been killed in action: the former on July 31st, 1917, and the latter on March 25th of this year. Bilbie had been stationed at headquarters, and Hinchcliffe, who was the best man he had for a long time, at Mansfield.
“The Committee joined with Capt. Tomasson in his expression of regret.
“A further report from the Chief Constable intimated that of 272 persons apprehended during the last quarter, seven were discharged, 260 summarily disposed of, and five committed for trial.
“Estimates for the repair and maintenance of the Shire Hall, judge's lodgings, and the country police stations, for the year, amounting to £930, were approved, and it was decided, in view of the increasing use of the Shire Hall rooms, to place a clock in the entrance lobby.
“The salary of the clerk to the magistrates for the Nottingham division (Mr. O. E. Nash), was increased by £100, and the remuneration of the police-court missionary, who also attends other courts in the county, was fixed at £80 per annum.”
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