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VAD. Gibson
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Sgt. Alexander Scott Gibson MiD.
British Army 11th Battalion, C Coy. Royal Scots
Pte. Alfred Gibson
British Army 11th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Quaking Houses, Stanley, Co. Durham
(d.16th April 1918)
Alfred Gibson was one of four brothers who enlisted and served with the Durham Light Infantry. Alfred died on the 16th of April 1918 and his memorial is placed in Foreste Communal Cemetery in France.
His brothers all returned safely from the conflict although one, Jack was never the same, having been gassed in the trenches.One of the brothers was a cyclist who took messages along the lines. Medals belonging to the brothers and photographs of the brother that was gassed remain as testimony to the bravery of these four loved sons and brothers. The two who lived to old age, spoke at length of the war and their hope to one day visit their brothers grave, sadly they never made the journey.It is therefore my intention as their great niece to keep faith with the deceased and I will visit Foreste Cemetery on the 100th anniversary of Alfred's death next year.
Gnr. Andrew Gibson
British Army 147th Brigade, 10th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Edinburgh
(d.6th Nov 1916)
Andrew Gibson was probably a bit of an adventurer and risk-taker at heart. At the age of 19 in 1901 he volunteered to go and fight in the Anglo-Boer War. By the time he arrived in South Africa the conflict was largely being conducted on horseback - the life of a trooper largely consisted of chasing across miles and miles of scrub to find on arrival that the Boers had all ridden off. Violent interaction was limited but perhaps he gained a love of horses and this influenced his decision to join the RFA. When he signed up in October 1914 the RFA was all about canons being towed hither and thither across the battlefield by teams of horses supporting infantry and cavalry attacks. By 1915 the war had turned into the industrial, entrenched conflict we all know about today. I imagine the transformation and the growing realisation that the fighting was going to go on a lot longer than he had imagined weighed heavily with him, as it did many others.
He enlisted for WW1 at the age of 31, as a married man with four children and another on the way. He was destined never to see his fifth child Margaret, who was born when he was in Egypt, just a week or two before he embarked for Gallipoli. Soldiers were occasionally permitted leave, not often and not for long but being far from home, logistical difficulties and the fear of desertion probably condemned him to spend any leave he did get abroad.
He was killed on the Somme on 6th of November 1916 but he had very nearly died the year before. On the trip from Egypt to Gallipoli his brigade consisting of 650 men was on board the troopship SS Manitou when it was intercepted by a Turkish gun boat. They were given a few minutes to evacuate but they only had lifeboats for a third of them. The Turks made three attempts at torpedoeing the Manitou before being chased off by HMS Minerva. It seems like a farce, they were, after all, at a standstill in the water but in the panic to evacuate, one of the lifeboats broke and spilled its contents into the water and 50 men were drowned.
Despite the carnage elsewhere, Andrew was statistically unlucky to have died since only 16 members of the 147th were killed in WW1 post-Gallipoli. The daily war diary entry for 6th November 1916 reads as follows: Weather unsettled. A normal day. 2 shells pitched into 10th Battery low position. The second of these wounded 2 Other Ranks. No.108662 Gnr Cummings R. and No.40635 Gnr A Gibson. Andrew is recorded elsewhere as having died of his wounds later that day and he is buried in Bernafay Wood Cemetery near Montauban.
Robert Cummings, who must have been a mate of Andrew's, survived the shelling that day and indeed the remainder of the war. He returned home to Lancaster where he married and had two children, dying there in 1967 at the age of 77. On his medal card it states: Returned unclaimed.
Pte. Archibald Rutherford Gibson
British Army 1/6 Btn Highland Light Infantry
from:34 Carmichael St, Govan, Glasgow
(d.10th Jan 1916)
Pte. Arthur Edward Gibson
British Army 26th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.24th Nov 1917)
Arthur Edward Gibson was the son of George Shipley Gibson and Mary Snaith Gibson (nee Cross) of 26 Croft Terrace, Jarrow. On the England and Wales 1911 census, Arthur was aged 15, working as a shop assistant in the Hatter and Hosiery industry. His father, aged 48, was a Superintendant of Assurance Agents for Prudential Assurance Company. His mother, aged 50, was a housewife.
He was killed in action aged 24 on 24th November 1917 and is buried in St Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St Martin-sur-Cojeul. He was previously enlisted with Durham Light Infantry regt number: 28117.
Pte Charles Gibson
British Army 4th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Kilmarnock
Sgt. Charles Hugh Langford Gibson
British Army 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
(d.4th October 1917)
Charles Gibson served with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.
Pte. Charles Samuel Gibson
British Army 6th Btn. East Kent Regiment
Charles Gibson serve with the 6th Btn. East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). He was treated at the Kitchener Military Hospital in Brighton in 1918.
Pte. D. Gibson
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Scots
(d.24th Sep 1918)
Private D Gibson served with the 12th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). He was executed for desertion on the 24th September 1918 and is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery in Belgium.
Pte. Daniel McAllister Gibson
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Saltcoats
(d.31st Oct 1918)
Daniel Gibson is buried in Vichte. I have his obituary and diary entries from his battalion.
2nd Lt. E. S. Gibson
Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. Edward Gibson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Edwin Gibson
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Alum Rock, Birmingham
(d.6th Jul 1916)
Edwin Gibson was my grandfather on my mother's side and was a Regular who was 39 when he was killed. He had a son, Sidney, and two daughters, Beatrice (Trix) and Violet (my mother). They lived in Alum Rock, Birmingham. I have his Death Plaque but no campaign medals, although I believe he had served elsewhere abroad before being sent to France as part of the BEF.
Pte. Ernest Gibson
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Seaham, Co. Durham
(d.9th Apr 1917)
Ernest Gibson was my grandmother's first husband.
Pte George Edward Gibson
British Army 11th Battalion Welsh Regiment
from:Birds Edge, Denby Dale, Huddersfield
(d.18th September 1918)
Pte. Gordon Henry Gibson
Australian Imperial Force 38th Btn.
from:Footscray, Victoria
(d.29th September 1918)
GordonGibson died on the 29th September 1918, aged 23 and is buried in the Unicorn Cemetery in France.
Gordon joined the A.I.F. in January 1917 and sailed from Melbourne, Australia on the ship "Ballarat", arriving in the UK on 26th April 1917. From there his unit proceeded to France. He was the eldest son of Louise and William Gibson of 74 Victoria Street, Footscray, Victoria, Australia. His younger siblings were Arthur, Bert, and Alma
Pte. Harry "Ginger" Gibson
British Army 4th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Mansfield
Harry Gibson was my Great Grandfather. My father, who is 90 years old this year (2018), met him. I believe he was also known as Ginger due to him having a ginger coloured moustache but dark hair. I have a small medal he was given as a result of running in the Flanders Cross Country Race. It is dated 1917. He wasn't killed during the war and returned home having been discharged on 22nd of March 1918 as unfit to serve. He was 33 years old when discharged. I have a copy of his discharge papers.
Pte. Henry Gibson
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Henry Gibson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
Henry Gibson was wounded in 1916
Cpl. Hugh Gibson
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
(d.9th Sep 1915)
Hugh Gibson was killed in action 9th September 1915, aged 34. he was the son of Thomas and Jean Gibson, of Blantyre, Glasgow; husband of Jessie Stoddart Gibson, of 38 Broompark Rd., High Blantyre, Glasgow
Sjt. J. Gibson
Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte James "Sandy" Gibson
British Army 12th Btn West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hartlepool
(d.3rd May 1917)
Pte. James Gibson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Langley Moor
(d.1st July 1916)
James Gibson is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Sgt. James Gibson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Prudhoe
James Gibson was discharged in 1919
Frmn. John Walter Gibson
Mercantile Marine Middlesborough SS Hazelwood
from:Jarrow
(d.19th Oct 1917)
John William Gibson, Merchant Seaman, aged 35, died on 19 October 1917 at sea on the SS Hazelwood. He was the son of John William and Elizabeth Gibson (nee Brown) of 4 Ernest Street, Jarrow. He was born and lived in Jarrow. On the England and Wales Census 1911, John William was aged 28 and worked as a marine stoker. his father John, aged 51 was a Drapery Pedlar and was born in Liverpool. His mother, Elizabeth, aged 49, was born in South Shields.
John is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial.
Pte. John Gibson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:West Stanley
John gobson was wounded in 1916 and 1917
Gunner John Thomas Gibson
British Army 190th Siege Battalion Royal Field Artillery
from:Marehay, Derbyshire
(d.1st April 1918)
Gunner John Thomas Gibson is buried in the Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres alongside his friend Gunner E C Stevenson. They were both killed at the same time 1st April 1918.
Pte. John Leadbitter Gibson
British Army 1st/4th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.26 April 1915)
Sgt. John William Gibson
British Army 16th (Salford Pals) Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Salford
(d.25th Dec 1916)
John Gibson was my great uncle but of course I never knew him. Records state he died of heart failure on 25th December 1916 and is buried in the Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
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