1893 - 1940 (47 years)
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| Name |
Lionel Cyril Gibbs |
| Title |
Captain |
| Birth |
15 Feb 1893 |
Flax Bourton, Somerset  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1901 |
Down Ampney, Gloucestershire |
| Age: 8; Relation: Son |
| Departure |
4 Mar 1921 |
London |
| Arrival |
18 Feb 1923 |
New York, USA |
| Arrival |
19 Apr 1923 |
Southampton, Hampshire |
| Arrival |
23 Sep 1923 |
New York, USA |
| Residence |
1926-1927 |
41 York Terrace, St. Marylebone, London |
| Residence |
From 1928 |
Thornhill House, Kington Lisle, Berkshire |
| Death |
25 Dec 1940 |
Brighton, Sussex |
| Destination |
Kilindini, Mombasa, Coast, Kenya |
| Death |
25 Dec 1940 |
Hampshire |
| Notes |
- 7th son of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 26 February 1893 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1906-12; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) October 1912.
Master of the Beagles at Eton in 1912 and at Christ Ch. Oxford, 1913. 2nd Lieut., North Somerset Yeomanry (Territ.) November 1912; Lieut. 1917; retired 1919. In the Great War served in France and Belgium October 1914 to May 1915; lost his left arm as the result of wound suffered at Ypres on 13 May 1915; Aide-de-Camp May to November 1918 to Major General Gorringe commanding 47th Divn. in France. Despatches 14 January 1915. 1914 Star. British War medal. Allies (Victory) medal.
Farming in Kenya from 1920 to 1929. Founded Kenya Coffee Co. in London 1921. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home in Cheddar. Portrait: min. by Gertrude Thomson last in possession of Rothesay Timothy Gibbs.
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| Person ID |
I2382 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
11 Mar 2021 |
| Father |
Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset, b. 30 May 1850, Paddington, London d. 22 Apr 1928, Barrow Gurney, Somerset (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Emily Anna Otter, b. 6 Mar 1854, Cowfold, Sussex d. 5 Jul 1928, Fyfield, Berkshire (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Jun 1883 |
Lindfield, Sussex |
| Family ID |
F798 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary Charlesworth, b. Jan 1904, Park Steet, Westminster, London d. Dec 1962, Staincross, Yorkshire West Riding (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Jul 1925 |
| Divorce |
1932 |
| Children |
| | 1. Rothesay Timothy Gibbs, b. 26 Jan 1927, 41 York Terrace, Marylebone, London d. 29 Jul 1990, Northampton, Northamptonshire (Age 63 years) |
| | 2. Nicholas Albany Gibbs, b. 11 Jan 1929, London d. 14 Apr 1984, Washington City, District of Columbia, USA (Age 55 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1108 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Jul 2017 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 15 Feb 1893 - Flax Bourton, Somerset |
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 | Residence - Age: 8; Relation: Son - 1901 - Down Ampney, Gloucestershire |
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 | Departure - 4 Mar 1921 - London |
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 | Arrival - 18 Feb 1923 - New York, USA |
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 | Arrival - 19 Apr 1923 - Southampton, Hampshire |
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| Arrival - 23 Sep 1923 - New York, USA |
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 | Residence - 1926-1927 - 41 York Terrace, St. Marylebone, London |
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 | Residence - From 1928 - Thornhill House, Kington Lisle, Berkshire |
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 | Marriage - 1 Nov 1933 - Long Ashton, Somerset |
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 | Death - 25 Dec 1940 - Brighton, Sussex |
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 | Destination - - Kilindini, Mombasa, Coast, Kenya |
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 | Death - 25 Dec 1940 - Hampshire |
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Gibbs Family Tree
