The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Gibbs

Private Albert Jubilee GIBBS, 201437, 2nd/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 8th May 1917, age 29.

Born Strood, Kent, son of Edmund Robert & Mary Ann Gibbs, of 5, Cliffe Road, Strood, Kent.

1911 Census - 5, Cliffe Road, Strood, Rochester, Kent - Edmond Robert Gibbs, head, age 63, married, general labourer, born Strood, Kent; Mary Ann Gibbs, wife, age 60, married 42 years, 14 children, 11 still alive, born Strood, Kent; Harry Gibbs, son, age 29, single, turner, engineers, born Strood, Kent; Albert Gibbs, son, age 24, single, general labourer, born Strood, Kent; Winnie Gibbs, daughter, age 16, single, born Strood, Kent; Harry Fowler, grandson, age 9, born Strood, Kent; Edith Harrison, daughter, age 28, widow, 2 children, both still alive, born Strood, Kent; Emma Harrison, grand childage 6, born Strood, Kent.

Enlisted Rochester, Kent.

Buried at Gaza War Cemetery, XXX. D. 7., Israel.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War show Service No. as 201473 ; CWGC web site show it as 201437.

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