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

Male 1934 - 2001  (67 years)


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  • Name Peter Evan Wyldbore Gibbs 
    Title Lt. Col. Sir 
    Suffix LVO, CVO, KCVO 
    Birth 1 Feb 1934  Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 17 Draycott Avenue
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Sept 2001  Clyst St George, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1940, Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Mother Monica Elizabeth Wyldbore-Smith,   b. 29 Sep 1900, Lonsdale, Kyle, Wexforth Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1973, Winchester, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 28 Apr 1930  Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 

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