Peter McCausland Gibbs

1934 - 2023  (89 years)

• Name	Peter McCausland Gibbs
  Birth	30 Sep 1934	Salisbury, Rhodesia
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus
  Death	30 Sep 2023	Cyprus
  Burial	6 Oct 2023	St. Nicholas Church, Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus
  Notes	3rd son. Educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town 1945-52; Keble College, Oxford (BA Hons, Geology) 1953-56; University College London., 1959-60 (Diploma Land Survey), and 1968-69 (M.Sc. Photogrammetry). 1977 Fellow Royal Institute Chartered Surveyors. 1978-9 Member Watt Committee on Energy Working Party. In 1953, aged 18, accompanied by an 18-year old companion, was first known to navigate Orange River from source to mouth. 1956-59 Member of Falkland Islands Dependencies Surveys; Base Leader Stonington Island. Awarded Polar Medal. Surveyed for H.M. Govt. in Zambia (1960-62), in Botswana (1963-65), Ghana (1965-67). 1969-77 with Ordnance Survey. 1977-79 with firm of Commercial Surveyors. 1979 started private survey practice in Edinburgh. Interests: Walking, skiing, gardening, renewable energy resources. Member Photogrammetric Society, London; Cartographic Society. Clubs: New (Edinburgh); Achilles; Antarctic (London).
  Person ID	I253	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Rev Michael McCausland Gibbs,   b. 1 Sep 1900, Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire d. 27 Jul 1962, Chester, Cheshire (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Edith Marjorie Ward,   b. 25 Sep 1898, Kensington, London d. 18 Oct 1968, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	4 Aug 1926	Long Wittenham, Berkshire
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judith Ann Orgill
  Children	+ 1. Simon Michael Gibbs   2. Joanna Bridget Gibbs   3. James Edward Gibbs,   b. 4 Nov 1967   d. 2014, Kandy, Central Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Sep 1934 - Salisbury, Rhodesia Residence - - Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus Burial - 6 Oct 2023 - St. Nicholas Church, Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		1940 Den Mary JM Peter Gibbs
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  Histories » Slide Show		The Sandalwood Box Part 1 BERG VELDT AND RIVER: 1938-1953 (boyhood memories including the first journey down the Orange river)
  		The Sandalwood Box Part 2 DREAMING SPIRES: 1953-1956 Keble College, Vacations and Adventures
  		The Sandalwood Box Part 3 FROZEN IN TIME: 1956-1959 Three years with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in Antartica
  		Peter McCausland Gibbs eulogy