1876 - 1961 (85 years)
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| Name |
Mildred Dorothea Gibbs |
| Title |
The Hon. |
| Suffix |
OBE |
| Birth |
2 May 1876 |
St Marleybone, London  |
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| Gender |
Female |
| Baptism |
7 Jun 1876 |
| Residence |
1881 |
London |
| Relationship to Head: Daughter |
| Residence |
1901 |
London |
| Relation to Head: Daughter |
| Residence |
2 Apr 1911 |
London |
| Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter |
| Death |
14 May 1961 |
Bideford, Devon |
| Notes |
- Quartermaster of London Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 30 of the British Red Cross Society, 1910; commandant of No. 116, 1913. Served with Bulgaria Red Cross Society in Kirk Kilisse 1912-13 (decorated by the Queen of Bulgaria). In the Great War, amongst other V.A.D. services in London, was in 1915 successively a Nurse at Westminster V.A.D. Hospital, in charge of a Belgian Refugee Convalescent Hostel, and on Air Raid duty; and, from October 1915 to November 1918, Head of the Posting Department of County of London Branch of the Bulgaria Red Cross Society. Attached to the Westminster Division of the B.R.C.S. October 1919, sometime temporary secretary and vice-chairman, chairman 1926-8. Resigned V.A.D. 1929. 'Member' 1918, 'Officer' 1919, of the Order of the British Empire. Member of the Church of England National Assembly from 1925.
Portraits: one on china, 1879 (a companion picture to that of her sister but by a different & unknown artist). Drawing by W.E. Miller. Both in possession of Lord Aldenham. Crayon by E.U. Eddis in her possession (1932).
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| Person ID |
I1792 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
9 Jan 2018 |
| Father |
Sir Alban George Henry Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham, b. 23 Apr 1846, Napoli, Campania, Italy d. 9 May 1936, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Bridget Beresford-Hope, b. 19 Feb 1853, Bedgebury Park, Kent d. 27 Feb 1896, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Feb 1873 |
Kilndown, Kent |
| Family ID |
F754 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Gibbs Family Tree
