The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant L Gibbs

Lieutenant Leslie GIBBS, "A" Company, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 26th September 1915, age 23.

Son of Robert John and Sarah Ann Gibbs, of 272, Footscray Road, New Eltham, London.

1911 Census - 28 Boundary Road, Chatham, Kent - Robert John Gibbs, head, age 49 years & 7 months, married, Army Pensioner & Workshop Foreman, A.O.D. HM Gunwharf, Chatham, born Ponders End, Middlesex; Sarah Ann Gibbs, wife, age 51 years & 8 months, married 25 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Enfield Lock, Middlesex; Percy Gibbs, son, age 24 years & 5 months, single, engine fitter & draughtsman, HM Dockyard, Chatham, born Dover, Kent; Claud Gibbs, son, age 23 years & 3 months, single, engine fitter & draughtsman, HM Dockyard, Chatham, born Dover, Kent; Leslie Gibbs, son, age 18 years & 7 months, single, pupil teacher, Chatham Education Committee, (Borough Council School), born Gibraltar.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.

London Gazette 28th August 1915.

Temporary Second Lieutenant Leslie Gibbs to be temporary Lieutenant. Dated 3rd July, 1915.

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