Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs, MC

1879 - 1932  (52 years)

• Name	John Evelyn Gibbs
  Title	Colonel
  Suffix	MC
  Birth	22 Dec 1879	London
  	16 Hyde Park Gardens
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	28 Jan 1880	Paddington, London
  Residence	1891	Wraxall, Somerset
  	Age: 11; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1901	Paddington, London
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Windsor, Berkshire
  Death	11 Oct 1932	Tetbury, Gloucestershire
  	Estcourt Grange
  Burial	Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire
  Notes	Baptised 28 January 1880 at St. Michael's, Paddington. Educated at Eton College, 1892-7 and Royal Military college, Sandhurst, 1898-9. Died at Estcourt Grange, Gloucestershire, 11th and buried 13th October at Shipton Moyne, Glos. Memorial there. 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, January 1900. Lieut. November 1901. Served in the South African (Boer) War in operations in Cape Colony July 1901 to May 1902, and was awarded the Queen's medal with three clasps. Adjutant 3rd Battalion Coldstream Gds., Ap. 1904-Ap. 1907. Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India (Earl of Minto) Sep. 1907-June 1910. Captain January 1910. Acting A.D.C. to Field Marshal Lord Kitchener at the Coronation of King George V, 1911. In the Great War he served in France and Belgium in 1914. Captured at Gheluvelt 29 October 1914, he was kept a prisoner of war at Stralsund, Heidelburg, Holzminden, Freiberg, etc., in Germany, was transferred to and interned in Holland, Feb., 1918, and was released 12 Jan. 1919. Awarded Military Cross 1920, 1914 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal. Major 1915, Lieut. Colonel Ap. 1919, Col. Oct. 1924. Commanded 1st Battalion Coldstream Gds., 1920-21. Commanded 129th (S. Wessex) Infantry Brigade (Territorial) 1928-30. In command of Coldstream Guards Regt. and Regtl. District from Aug. 1930. Lived from 1927 at Estcourt Grange, Tetbury, Glos. Portrait of himself (as a Russian) and one of his wife (with four dogs) last in possession of David Evelyn Gibbs.
  Person ID	I1738	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	26 Apr 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	Her Serene Highness Helena Frances Augusta Cambridge, Princess of Teck,   b. 23 Oct 1899, Grosvenor House,Westminster,London,England d. 22 Dec 1969, Badmington, Gloucestershire (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1919	Windsor, Berkshire
  	St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  Family ID	F800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Dec 1879 - London Baptism - 28 Jan 1880 - Paddington, London Residence - Age: 11; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1891 - Wraxall, Somerset Residence - 1901 - Paddington, London Residence - 2 Apr 1911 - Windsor, Berkshire Marriage - 2 Sep 1919 - Windsor, Berkshire Death - 11 Oct 1932 - Tetbury, Gloucestershire Burial - - Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Col John Gibbs and Princess Helena.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  1891 England Census - Captain Eustace Lyle Gibbs-1.jpeg