Lt. Col. Sir Peter Evan Wyldbore Gibbs, LVO, CVO, KCVO

1934 - 2001  (67 years)

• Name	Peter Evan Wyldbore Gibbs
  Title	Lt. Col. Sir
  Suffix	LVO, CVO, KCVO
  Birth	1 Feb 1934	Chelsea, London
  	17 Draycott Avenue
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Sept 2001	Clyst St George, Devon
  Notes	2nd son. Born 1 February 1934 and baptised 14 March 1934 at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks. Educated at Eton 1947-52. 1952 Visited the Union of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia. Novemer 1952 enlisted as National Service conscript. 25 July 1955 Commissioned into Coldstream Guards as 2nd Lieut. 1953-55 served with 2nd Battalion in British Army of the Rhine. Lieutenant 24 July 1955. 1956-57 served at Guards Depot. 1957-60 with 1st Battalion in BAOR and UK. 1960-62 GSO3 1st Guards Brigade. Captain 1 Feb. 1961. 1962-64 Adjutant Mons Officer Cadet School. 1964-67 with 1st Battalion in BAOR, Libya, Aden, British Honduras and UK. 1967-69 served at Guards Depot. Major 31 March 1967. 1969-72 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General Headquarters London District. 1972-73 with 1st Battalion in N. Ireland, UK and Berlin. 1973-74 with 2nd Battalion as Second in Command in UK, Sharjah and Cyprus. Lieutenant Colonel 30 June 1974.1975-77 Commanded 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards in UK and N. Ireland. 1977-80 Assistant Adjutant General Headquarters London District. General Service Medal with Clasp 'South Arabia' (1966); General Service Medal with Clasp 'Northern Ireland' (1972); United National Medal (Cyprus) 1974; Jubilee Medal 1977. Coordinator State Funeral of Earl Mountbatten of Burma (5 September 1979). Private Secretary H.R.H. The Princess Anne The Princess Royal 1982-1997. K.C.V.O. 6 October 1997. Died 6 September 2001 and buried at Clyst St. George.
  Person ID	I2128	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Captain Evan Llewellyn Gibbs,   b. 17 May 1906, St. Thomas, Devon d. 1 Jun 1940, Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 34 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Duncombe Howell
  Children	+ 1. Nicholas Roland Antony Gibbs   2. Camilla Jane Evadne Gibbs + 3. Simon Evan Alexander Gibbs
  Family ID	F966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Elena Sally Wester,   b. 5 Nov 1940, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina d. 22 Aug 2012 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1976
  Children	1. Evan Rupert Michael Gibbs
  Family ID	F967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Feb 1934 - Chelsea, London Death - 6 Sept 2001 - Clyst St George, Devon  = Link to Google Earth