1909 - 2000 (91 years)
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Name |
Antony Gibbs |
Title |
Major |
Birth |
26 Oct 1909 |
Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon |
Gender |
Male |
Baptism |
3 Dec 1909 |
Clyst St George, Devon |
Death |
21 Dec 2000 |
Andover, Hampshire |
Burial |
29 Dec 2000 |
Wherwell, Hampshire |
Notes |
- 2nd son. Baptised 3 December 1909 at Clyst St. George. Educated at Stowe School 1922-26.
Joined Supplementary Reserve of Officers of Coldstream Guards, 1930. In the office of Price Waterhouse & Co. (Accountants) in the City of London, 1931. In the office of H. C. Sevan (Insurance Brokers) in the City of London 1934-39.
Served with the Coldstream Guards during the Second World War. Served with 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards in France 1939-40. Personal Assistant to Gen. Sir Charles Loyd, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., who was Chief of the General Staff, Home Forces 1941-42, and A.D.C. to General Lloyd when he became G.O.C. in C. Southern Command 1942-43. Adjutant to 6th Bn. from May 1943 until it was disbanded. Served with 5th Bn. in Guards Armoured Division in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany 1944-45. President Cold- streamers Association, Exeter Branch 1953-63.
On Council of Devon Agricultural Society 1950-63; Vice-President of the Royal Bath & West Agricultural Society; A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar, until it became a Cheshire Home; On Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Management Committee from 1952 until it was disbanded. A member of the Committee of The Royal School for the Deaf in Exeter 1950-63.
Portraits: Pastel by Shirley Fox of Bath, 1916; Pastel by H. M. Heaton; Watercolour by Lambert of Bath. Pastel of Antony Hubert Gibbs by H. M. Heaton and Pastel of Mary Mercy Gibbs, by H. M. Heaton. (all last in his possession). Portrait by John Shirley-Fox RBA (1860-1939) aged six and a half in possession of his son Antony Julian Gibbs.
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Person ID |
I2109 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
14 Jan 2019 |
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
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Family ID |
F956 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
June Audrey Chichester, b. 23 Jul 1918, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire d. 20 Dec 2006, Fullerton, Hampshire (Age 88 years) |
Marriage |
5 Sep 1939 |
St. Mary's, Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey |
Children |
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Family ID |
F982 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
13 Jan 2018 |
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