Col. Sir Martin St John Valentine Gibbs, CB, DSO, RD, JP

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Liverpool, Lancashire
• Arrival: 28 Oct 1946, Quebec, Canada; Age: 29; Ship: Bayano

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.

Martin married Mary Margaret Mitford on 5 Jul 1947 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Mary (daughter of Philip Mitford, Lt. Col. and Alice Constance Mary Fowler) was born on 25 Nov 1916 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 24 Mar 2006 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in St Andrews Churchyard, Miserden, Stroud, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caroline married Jonathan Alistair James Reekie [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Sir Geoffrey Robert Newman, 6th Bt of Mamhead, Devon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]