Captain Evan Llewellyn Gibbs b. 17 May 1906 St. Thomas, Devon d. 1 Jun 1940 Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1906 - 1940 (34 years)

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Name	Evan Llewellyn Gibbs
Title	Captain
Birth	17 May 1906	St. Thomas, Devon
Gender	Male
Death	1 Jun 1940	Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
	Killed in Action
Notes	Baptised 21 July 1906 at St. George's, Clyst St. George. Educated at Eton College 1919/24 and Royal Military College, Sandhurst 1925-26. Killed in Action near Dunkirk, 1st June 1940. 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards 1926; Lieut. 1929, Capt. 1940. Served with the Shanghai Defence Force 1927-28. Resigned from the Army, February 1930 and joined British Shareholders' Trust in the City of London, but remained on the Reserve until re-called to serve in the Second World War. Member of the Stock Exchange, and partner in David A. Sevan, Stockbrokers, from 1933-39. He was killed on June 1st 1940 while commanding No. 1 Company, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, at Hondeschoote, six miles behind Dunkirk while forming the rear guard of the B.E.F. He was buried by the villagers and afterwards buried by the War Graves Commission in Warhem Cemetery near Dunkirk. He is mentioned in the following books: "Fight Another Day" by J. M. Langley, published by Collins, 1974; "No Dishonourable Name" by D. C. Quilter, published by Clowes, 1947; "The Coldstream Guards 1920-1946" by Michael Howard and John Sparrow, pub. by The Oxford University Press, 1951. Portrait as a child in pastel by H. M. Heaton in possession of grandson Patrick Gibbs.
Person ID	I2108	Gibbs Family Tree
Last Modified	13 Jan 2018

Father	Antony Hubert Gibbs, JP, b. 18 Sep 1874, Wraxall, Somerset d. 28 Jul 1957, Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon (Age 82 years)
Mother	Mary Mercy Llewellyn, b. 26 Jun 1875, Langford Court, Burrington, Somerset d. 16 Jan 1956, Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon (Age 80 years)
Marriage	18 Oct 1899	Burrington, Devon
Photos		Hubert Gibbs wedding to Mercy Llewellyn
Family ID	F956	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Monica Elizabeth Wyldbore-Smith, b. 29 Sep 1900, Lonsdale, Kyle, Wexforth d. 8 Jul 1973, Winchester, Hampshire (Age 72 years)

Marriage 28 Apr 1930 Westminster, London

Children

	1. Michael Edmund Hubert Gibbs, b. 31 Mar 1932, Chelsea, London d. 27 Mar 2016, London (Age 83 years)
	2. Lt. Col. Sir Peter Evan Wyldbore Gibbs, LVO, CVO, KCVO, b. 1 Feb 1934, Chelsea, London d. 6 Sept 2001, Clyst St George, Devon (Age 67 years)
	3. Evadne Jane Gibbs, b. 17 May 1938, Chelsea, London d. 7 Jun 2020 (Age 82 years)

Last Modified 9 Jul 2017

Family ID F957 Group Sheet | Family Chart