1877 - 1963 (85 years)
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| Name |
William Gibbs |
| Title |
Lieut. Colonel |
| Suffix |
CVO |
| Birth |
20 Nov 1877 |
Paddington, London  |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
21 Dec 1877 |
Paddington, London |
| Residence |
1881 |
Wraxall, Somerset |
| Residence |
1891 |
Wraxall, Somerset |
| Death |
25 Jan 1963 |
Hatherop, Gloucestershire |
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| Notes |
- 7th Hussars. 3rd son of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised at St. Michael's, Paddington. Educated at Eton College 1891-6; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) 1896; 3rd class law and BA 1899.
2nd Lieut. 7th Hussars, February, and Lieut., November 1900. In the South African (Boer) War, served 1901-2 with 7th Hussars in operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and Transvaal; awarded Queen's Medal, with five clasps. Captain, Ap. 1907. Seconded to be Brigade Major of Eastern Mounted Brigade (Territorial) March 1913-March 1916. In the Great War, served in Gallipoli (Anzac) October-December 1915: in Egypt December 1915-October 1916 (Staff Officer, Western Defence Force; Brigade Major, Coastal Area): in France, October-December 1917, as Major, 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regt.; in Mesopotamia Ap. 1918-Ap. 1919 with 7th Hussars and in command of them from September 1918. Wounded at Shergat, nr. Mosul, 28 October 1918. Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) War Medal: Croix de Guerre (avec palme): mentioned twice in despatches (1916 and 1919). Lieut.-Colonel 1919, and in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers from 1920. One of the Exons of the King's Bodyguard of Yeomen of the Guard from 1926.
Portrait: In Yeoman of the Guard's Uniform last in possn. of his wife Ruby Mable Brassey.
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| Person ID |
I1737 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
9 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield, b. 10 Dec 1841, London d. 24 Apr 1907, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Janet Louisa Merivale, b. 15 Dec 1850, Kilburn, Middlesex d. 10 Dec 1909, London (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Jun 1872 |
St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington |
| Family ID |
F796 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ruby Mabel Brassey, b. 10 Oct 1887, Preston Hall, Kent d. 30 Jun 1981 (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Jul 1911 |
Knightsbridge, London |
| Children |
| | 1. Diana Anstice Williamina Gibbs, b. 14 Apr 1914, 41 Eaton Place, Westminster, London d. 15 Jun 1955 (Age 41 years) |
| | 2. Marigold Ruby Gibbs, b. 1 Jun 1920, South Eaton Place, Westminster, London d. May 2002, Hitchin and Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Age 81 years) |
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| Family ID |
F997 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Jul 2017 |
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Gibbs Family Tree
