The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G F Gibbon


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Private George Frederick GIBBON, G/18198, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of debility, whilst a Prisoner of War, German Field Hospital, Cugny, France, 5th May 1918.

April 1894, born Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, son of William & Martha Gibbon.


1911 Wales Census - No.2. Horns Lane, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire - Willie Gibbon, head, age 44, married, plumber, own account, born Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire; Martha Gibbon, wife, age 44, married 19 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Camrose, Pembrokeshire; Mary Grace Josephine Gibbon, daughter, age 18, single, school, born Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire; George Frederick Gibbon, son, age 16, single, student, born Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire; Charles Rupert Gibbon, son, age 15, single, school, born Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire; Willie Leslie Gibbon, son, age 11, school, born Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.


Enlisted Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. age 21, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 9st 3lbs. Resided No.2. Horns Lane, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Formerly clerk.

Home 15th November 1915 to 28th August 1916; BEF 29th August 1916 to 8th October 1916; Home 9th October 1916 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 5th May 1918.

15th November 1915, enlisted & posted 29th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, (Public School), Service No.PS/9328; 28th August embarked; 29th August 1916, disembarked; 29th August 1916, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 10th September 1916, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, 7th Battalion; 9th October 1916, Boulogne, gun shot wound left leg, 13 Stationary Hospital to Hospital Ship St Andrews; 9th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1916 to 28th January 1917, County of London Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, gun shot wound, left leg, shrapnel between bones, has not been removed;  5th February 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th April 1917, posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 16th September 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 10th February 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st/28th March 1918, posted missing in action.

11th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Willie Gibbon, 2. Horns Lane, Haverfordwest; Mother, Martha Gibbon, 2. Horns Lane, Haverfordwest;  Brothers - C R Gibbon, age 23, 2. Horns Lane, Haverfordwest; W L Gibbon, 2. Horns Lane, Haverfordwest, In Army Boulogne, France; Sister - Grace Gibbon, age 25, 2. Horns Lane, Haverfordwest.

15th September 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 5/- a week payable to father, will cease.

Buried at  Grand-Seraucourt  British Cemetery, VI. A. 17., France.


Photographs provided by Geoff Poole

   


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