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Captain Lionel Cyril Gibbs

Captain Lionel Cyril Gibbs

Male 1893 - 1940  (47 years)


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  • Name Lionel Cyril Gibbs 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 15 Feb 1893  Flax Bourton, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1901  Down Ampney, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 8; Relation: Son 
    Departure 4 Mar 1921  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 18 Feb 1923  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 19 Apr 1923  Southampton, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 23 Sep 1923  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1926-1927  41 York Terrace, St. Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence From 1928  Thornhill House, Kington Lisle, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 25 Dec 1940  Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Destination Kilindini, Mombasa, Coast, Kenya Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 25 Dec 1940  Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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.
    Person ID I2382  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2021 

    Father Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset,   b. 30 May 1850, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1928, Barrow Gurney, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Emily Anna Otter,   b. 6 Mar 1854, Cowfold, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1928, Fyfield, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1883  Lindfield, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Charlesworth,   b. Jan 1904, Park Steet, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1962, Staincross, Yorkshire West Riding Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jul 1925 
    Divorce 1932 
    Children 
     1. Rothesay Timothy Gibbs,   b. 26 Jan 1927, 41 York Terrace, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1990, Northampton, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     2. Nicholas Albany Gibbs,   b. 11 Jan 1929, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1984, Washington City, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F1108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Sonia Snagge,   b. 3 1910, Kensington, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1959, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1933  Long Ashton, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Feb 1893 - Flax Bourton, Somerset Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 8; Relation: Son - 1901 - Down Ampney, Gloucestershire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - 4 Mar 1921 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 18 Feb 1923 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 19 Apr 1923 - Southampton, Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 23 Sep 1923 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1926-1927 - 41 York Terrace, St. Marylebone, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1928 - Thornhill House, Kington Lisle, Berkshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Nov 1933 - Long Ashton, Somerset Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Dec 1940 - Brighton, Sussex Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDestination - - Kilindini, Mombasa, Coast, Kenya Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Dec 1940 - Hampshire Link to Google Earth
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