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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
A/Cpl. Frank Gibbon
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th DLI and att 275 Tunnelling Coy RE
Sgt. Oswald Frank Gibbon
British Army 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
from:135 Penrhiwceiber Road, Penrhiwceiiber, Glamorgan
(d.25th Mar 1918)
Oswald Gibbon died during WW1 along with his brothers Albert and Thomas. Oswald came home on leave from the war and his daughter Beatrice age 4 refused to hug him because of his itchy soldier overcoat. She never saw him again and regretted her childish actions for the rest of her life. Oswald is buried in Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery in France.
Pte. R. Gibbon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. William Gibbon
British Army 20th Btn Durham Light Infantry
served with20th DLI, 18th DLI and 15th DLI
2nd Lt. Edwin Ingram Gibbons
British Army 20th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.29th Apr 1917)
Edwyn Gibbons was born on 2nd of November 1891. He is shown as Edward on CWGC. Edwin on Registration of birth. Edwyn on Probate and Marriage Registration). His parents were Alfred Robert Gibbons, a newspaper proprietor and author, and Annie Marie Snedker, a reporter. They were married at Lambeth, London in March 1885. Their address, at the time of Edwyn's baptism on 28th of November 1891 in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, was recorded as 172 The Strand, London. His mother's death was recorded at Grasse, France in 1898. Between 1906 and 1911 Edwyn attended Charterhouse Boarding School at Godalming, Surrey. In September 1915 he was cited as the third party in the divorce petition of Herbert Francis Fenn, an officer in a UPS battalion. Fenn had married Gladys Archbutt in 1909. Gladys was a well known London-based theatre actress and comedienne of the time. In the 3rd quarter of 1916 Edwin married Gladys Fenn (nee Archbutt).
Edwyn may have joined the 20th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers soon after the raising of the regiment, although, on 20th of February 1916, he is recorded as having attained a Proficiency Certificate in flying a Maurice Farman Biplane at the Military School, Brooklands in Surrey. His death was recorded near Arras on or soon after the 29th Apr 1917.
Pte. Ernest Edward Gibbons
British Army 138th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
Ernest Gibbons was born in September 1882 and married Georgina Elizabeth Neale. They had five children before he joined the 138th Field Ambulance. He suffered in a gas attack and was classed as disabled and honorably discharged on 13th of March 1918.
Frederick Charles "Toby" Gibbons
British Army 1st County of London Yeomanry Middlesex
My Aunt lent me these photos of her father (my Grandfather) Frederick Charles (Toby) Gibbons who can be seen on the horse he loved in one of the photos. The photographs were taken in Lutterworth in 1913 at the TF Annual Camp and one of them is clearly annotated: 'No2 Troop, D Squad, Middlesex Hussars'.
Pte. Harold Robert Gibbons
British Army 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull
Harold Gibbons was my grandfather who joined the 10th Battalion East Yorks Regiment, the Hull Commercials in September 1914 in Hull. He served the whole war in the same Regiment and survived the war.
Pte. Joseph Edwin Gibbons
British Army 2nd Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
(d.9th Oct 1918)
Joseph Gibbons was my great great uncle. I recently started to investigate my family history. I have a photo of him in his South Staffordshire Regiment uniform. We think he enlisted in December 1917 after a few months of getting married to Eliza Gibbons (nee Clarke). He was fatally injured in France and is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, which I hope to visit.
Rfmn. Josiah Gibbons
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.16th Aug 1917)
Pte. Leonard Gibbons
British Army 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Reading
(d.20th July 1916)
Leonard Gibbons died of wounds received at Fromelles.
Pte. P. Gibbons
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Trimdon Colliery
P Gibbons was wounded in 1916
AB. Reginald Charles Gibbons
Royal Navy HMS Contest
from:Abergavenny
(d.18th September 1917)
Reginald Gibbons died as a result of HMS Contest being sunk, thought to be by a German U boat.
Vasey Thompson Gibbons
British Army 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
L/Cpl. William Gibbons
British Army 1st Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:St Mary Bourne, Hampshire
(d.1st September 1918)
Sjt. A. Gibbs
Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. George Henry Gibbs
British Army 3rd Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire
(d.9th Mar 1919)
George Gibbs is my late uncle, who is buried in Hampton Lucy Churchyard. He passed away in 1919 age 24 He served with the 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry during the Great War.
Sgt. Herbert Gibbs DCM.
British Army 40th Brigade, 23rd Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Ruislip, Middlesex
Herbert Gibbs was my great-grandfather, who was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty throughout the campaign when in charge of telephones, frequently carrying out repairs under fire with great coolness.
Pte. Leslie Stephen Gibbs
British Army 9th (Queen Victoria's Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Enfield
According to my late Uncle, my Grandfather Leslie Gibbs, joined the 9th London Regiment, Queen Victoria’s Rifles as Private No: 395493 but was too young to go to France, so went to Ireland when the troubles began where Irish women threw pans of boiling water at them! He just missed the Somme but was at Passchendaele where he was caught by an explosion and thrown onto barbed wire. He lost his kneecap and had a plate put in behind his knee. He was burned on the back by Mustard Gas – a wound that troubled him after the war. He then went to occupied Germany, Cologne where he said he got on with the Germans until he came home. He then went North to study the wool trade, and met my Granny.
I remember him talking about the trenches and showing me The Wipers Times, but sadly he died before I was really old enough to understand or ask him to recall details. I seem to remember he told me that, because he was young and fast, he had the job of running along the tops of the communication lines with messages when the wires were down. I also have a book of his - an enormous tome of photographs telling the story of the Great War (published by the Daily Express in 1933) and he always used to tell me that he was in one of the pictures, a photo of some soldiers showing off a captured German anti-tank gun. As I look at it now, I can't make out if it is him or not but I notice there is a very faint name, written in pencil beside it that says "Capt. Skinner". So who knows....?
I have been unable to trace his war record. All that I have found is his medal card which only gives his name, number, regiment and allocation of the Victory and British medals - which I have, although neither have his name on them. I also have a miniature set of the trio, so whether these are his also, or perhaps one of his two brothers who also fought, I don't know, these are also without names.
Pte. Samuel Gibbs
British army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Bethnal Green, London
Samuel Gibbs born 1889 in Bethnal Green, joined the Kings Own Yorkshire light Infantry when he was just 14 yrs old in 1903/4 and he was put in the band. His family had spit up because of his fathers death.
Samuel served through the great war. He was one of the "Old Contemptibles". He was awarded the Mons Medal. He was injured sometime during the Great War, but went back to fight with the Royal Engineers.
Bdr. Stanley Gibbs MM.
British Army 64th Brigade, D Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.5th Aug 1917)
Stabley Gibbs was the son of William and Eva Gibbs of 3 Ramsgate St., Dalston Lane, Hackney, London.
Lt. Thomas Charles Gibbs MC.
British Army 7th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Upton Grange, Macclesfield
(d.31st May 1918)
Sgt. Thomas Gibbs
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Lichhfield, Staffordshire
(d.16th Feb 1917)
Thomas Gibbs was the son of Mr & Mrs E Gibbs of 71 Stowe Stret Lichfield Staffordshire. He lies in Barin Communal Cemetery Extension.
A/Cpl. William Gibbs
British Army 11th Battalion Worcester Regiment
from:Nuneaton, Warwickshire
(d.25th Apr 1917)
Act/Corp William Gibbs
from:Nuneaton
Wiliam Gibbs is my great grandfather.
Please can you contact me. He lost his life at the Battle of Doiran in Macedonia.
Thank you.
Sgt. William Walter Gibbs
British Army 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment
from:West Ham, London
(d.3rd May 1917)
My great Grandfather, Sarjeant William Walter Gibbs served with the 2nd Bt. Essex. I have little to tell at present as I am still researching. All I know is he died in WW1 in 1917. He was, from what my Nan used to tell me, shot in the head. He had 2 military awards but I have never seen them. I do not even know what he looked like. He was French born and lived in London. From what I read on here he fought in many battles before being killed in France in 1917.
I wish I could tell you more, I will not stop researching his life. If anyone can give me any details I'd be grateful.
Pte. Daniel Giblin
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Willington
Daniel Giblin was discharged in 1918
Pte. Daniel Giblin
British Army 22nd Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Bickerstaffe, Lancs
Pte. William Giblin
British Army 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Ryhope Colliery
(d.16th September 1916)
William Giblin served in the 10th DLI and was killed (we think) during the attack on Grid Trench, north of Flers during the Battle of the Somme.
Pte. Thomas Matthew Gibney
British Army 93 Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:Liverpool
(d.22md Apr 1918)
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