1917 - 1992 (74 years)
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Name |
Martin St John Valentine Gibbs |
Title |
Col. Sir |
Suffix |
CB, DSO, RD, JP |
Birth |
14 Feb 1917 |
Westminster, London |
Gender |
Male |
Arrival |
28 Oct 1946 |
Quebec, Canada |
Age: 29; Ship: Bayano |
Departure |
Liverpool, Lancashire |
Burial |
1992 |
St Andrews Churchyard, Miserden, Gloucestershire |
Death |
8 Feb 1992 |
Ewen Manor, Ewen, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Notes |
- Baptised 15 March 1917 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. Educated at Eton College.
("Tim"). Served 1939-45 War in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. Major 1942. Mentioned in Despatches 1941. Wounded at El Alamein and D.S.O. 1942. Lt. Colonel 1951. Brevet Colonel 1955. Colonel and C.B. 1958.
High Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1958. Deputy Lord Lieutenant Wiltshire 1972. Honorary Colonel Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1972. Honorary Colonel Royal Yeomanry and Yeomanry Colonel Commandant 1975. Gustos Rotulorum and Lord Lieutenant Gloucestershire 1978. Deputy Chairman Glos. Diocesan Board of Finance; Deputy Chairman Cirencester Bench; Trustee Gloucester Cathedral; Member Cotswold District Council; Chairman Kemble Parish Council and Kemble School. Governor Deer Park School, Cirencester; Chairman Cirencester Benefit Society. Chairman V.W.H. Hunt; Chairman St. Michael's Cheshire Home.
Portrait: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes last in own possn.
Clubs. Cavalry and Guards.
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Person ID |
I2439 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
5 Oct 2018 |
Father |
Major Guy Melvil Gibbs, b. 15 Dec 1889, Paddington, London d. 14 Mar 1959, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 69 years) |
Mother |
Margaret Olivia St. John, b. 3 Jun 1890, Westminster, London d. 29 Sep 1964, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 74 years) |
Marriage |
6 Aug 1914 |
Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
Family ID |
F1065 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Mary Margaret Mitford, b. 25 Nov 1916, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 24 Mar 2006, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 89 years) |
Marriage |
5 Jul 1947 |
Stroud, Gloucestershire |
Children |
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Family ID |
F1073 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
5 Oct 2018 |
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