Major Stanley Rider Gibbs, RAMC

1880 - 1935  (54 years)

• Name	Stanley Rider Gibbs
  Title	Major
  Suffix	RAMC
  Birth	17 Dec 1880	Kensington, London
  	24 Lexham Gardens
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Kensington, London
  Baptism	16 Feb 1881	Kensington, London
  	St Matthias
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Barnstaple, Devon
  	Age: 30; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	17 Jul 1935	Barnstaple, Devon
  Notes	MC, TD, Croix de Guerre. Baptised at St. Matthias, Kensington. Educated at Radley College (scholar) 1893-9, student St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth 1900-05. At Radley he was Captain of Rackets and Fives 1899, in the 1st Cricket XI 1897-9 and 1st Football XI 1898-9; at St. Thomas' in 1st Cricket XI (captain 1905) and in 1st Association Football XI 1900-05. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, and Licentiate of Royal College of Physicians, London, 1905. Was senior obstetric House Physician at St. Thomas'. Member of the British Medical Association. From 1906 in partnership with his brother-in-law, J. R. Harper, in Barnstaple, the firm being Harper, Jonas, Gibbs, Shaw and Harper. Surgeon to the North Devon Dispensary, Barnstaple; Honorary Physician N. Devon Infirmary there; and medical officer to the public elementary schools there. He joined the Royal North Devon Hussars 1906; Surgeon Lieut. 1906. In the Great War was mobilized in 1914; but was seconded for home service till December 1915: in France 1916-19 with 2/2 Wessex Field Ambulances (Territorial) Capt. Dec. 1915; Major Oct. 1918. Territorial war medal, British War medal, Allied (Victory) medal, Croix de Guerre with bronze star gained November 1917 at Armentieres, Military Cross 3 October 1918. Territorial Decoration 1921. Appointed in 1930 medical officer of St. John Ambulance Brigade, Devon. In Masonry he was a Past Provincial Grand Warden of Devon. He and his wife lived after 1928 at Elmfield, Bear Street, Barnstaple.
  Person ID	I2710	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hucks Gibbs,   b. 14 Oct 1840, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset d. 23 Mar 1886, Kensington, London (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Mary Rider Budd,   b. 11 Feb 1848, Barnstaple, Devon d. 11 Jan 1924, Dorchester, Dorset (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1867	Barnstaple, Devon
  Married	13 Jun 1867	Langport, Somerset
  Family ID	F1134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ellen Harper,   b. 8 Jan 1878, Barnstaple, Devon d. 24 Sep 1955, Barnstaple, Devon (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1909	Heanton Punchardon, Devon
  Married	1910
  Children	1. Peter Joseph Gibbs,   b. 9 Jul 1910, Barnstaple, Devon d. Aug 1990, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F1194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Dec 1880 - Kensington, London Residence - 1881 - Kensington, London Baptism - St Matthias - 16 Feb 1881 - Kensington, London Marriage - 28 Sep 1909 - Heanton Punchardon, Devon Residence - Age: 30; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 2 Apr 1911 - Barnstaple, Devon Death - 17 Jul 1935 - Barnstaple, Devon  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 - Stanley Rider Gibbs.jpeg