1916 - 1994 (78 years)
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| Name |
Martin Antony Gibbs |
| Title |
Major |
| Suffix |
DL, JP |
| Birth |
12 Mar 1916 |
6 Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, London  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
6 Apr 1916 |
Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
| Death |
26 Jun 1994 |
| Notes |
- Major Coldstream Guards (retired 1952). Baptised 6 April 1916 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1929-34, RMC Sandhurst, 1934-35.
Lived until 1923 at Sheldon Manor, Chippenham, Wilts. At A. C. Huson's House at Eton. Whipper-in to Eton College Beagles.
1936 Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards. In Second World War, Long Range Desert Group, Western Desert of Egypt 1940-41. Taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk (1942), escaped, and recaptured. Captain 1944. H.Q. 201 Guards Brigade 1945. Major 1949; Retired 1953. Colonel Commandant of Wiltshire Army
Cadet Force.
Justice of the Peace, Wiltshire 1966; High Sheriff, Wilts., 1974; Deputy Lieutenant, Wilts., 1977; Member Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council, 1956-77.
Sheldon Manor house and gardens open to the public since 1977.
Portraits: Water colour by Miss Keyes 1922; oil by E. Board 1930, last in his possn.
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| Person ID |
I2331 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Father |
Lieut. Colonel William Otter Gibbs, b. 13 Sep 1883, Clifton, Gloucestershire d. 22 Mar 1960 (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Janet Blanche Gibbs, b. 15 Apr 1887, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset d. 4 Jun 1974, Chippenham, Wiltshire (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Feb 1915 |
St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington |
| Family ID |
F257 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Gibbs Family Tree
