Dame Anstice Rosa Gibbs, DCVO, CBE: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1905 - 1978 (73 years)

Generation: 1

Dame Anstice Rosa Gibbs, DCVO, CBE was born on 2 Jan 1905 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire; died on 7 Feb 1978 in Kingsclere and Whitchurch, Hampshire; was buried on 13 Feb 1978 in Wasing, Berkshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Girl Guide leader
Baptism: 11 Jan 1905, Aldenham, Hertfordshire

Notes:

Elder twin with Bernard Vicary. Baptised 11 January 1905 at Aldenham. Buried at St. Nicholas, Wasing. Berks. 13 February 1978.

Chief Commissioner and Chairman Girl Guides' Association (British Commonwealth) 1956-66. Worked with Girl Guides from 1922. In the United Kingdom she served as a Guider, Commissioner and Camp Adviser and a Trainer and in 1945 she was awarded the Girl Guides Association's highest award, the Silver Fish, for exceptional service to the Movement. Deputy Chief Commissioner, 1954; Member of the Committee of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, 1952-66; Vice-Chairman 1954-60. Chairman of the Hostess Country's Planning Committee for the 22nd World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, held in the United Kingdom in 1975. Member of the Council of the Victoria League for 10 years until she became Deputy President.

During 1948/49 and 1950/51 she was Lady-in-Waiting to her old friend Countess Alexander of Tunis when Earl Alexander of Tunis was Governor-General of Canada.

Dame Anstice Gibbs, DCVO, CBE (b. Hertfordshire, 2 January 1905, d. Hampshire, 7th February 1978) was the Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association in the UK for ten years, and vice-chair of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) from 1957 to 1960.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anstice_Gibbs

Our Hatfield - DAME ANSTICE GIBBS, CRVO 1905 -1978
https://www.ourhatfield.org.uk/content/topics/organizations/girl_guides/dame_anstice_gibbs_crvo

Birth:
Twin