Joseph GIBSON (2)

Main CPGW Record

Surname: GIBSON

Forename(s): Joseph

Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire

Service No: 201793

Rank: A/L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Border Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 2/4th (Cumberland and Westmorland) Battalion

Division: 1st (Peshawar) Indian Division

Age: 24

Date of Death: 1918-09-23

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Face 5.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Joseph Gibson was the son of Robert and Ann Gibson, née Greenwood. Both parents were born at Sedbergh, Yorkshire.

1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Joseph Gibson, aged 6 years, born Sedbergh, son of Robert and Ann Gibson.

1911 Kendal, Westmorland Census: 1, Kent Place - Joseph Gibson, aged 16 years, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire. [Joseph was boarding with Robert and Agnes Metcalfe.]

The British Army Service Record for Joseph Gibson exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph Gibson, 3232, Bord. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte., A/L/Cpl Joseph Gibson, 3232, 201793, 4th Border Regt.; 2/4th Border Regt.

Although Joseph is commemorated on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial he is buried in Dagshai Cemetery, India, Grave 435.

Joseph is commemorated in the Memorial Books of the Post Office Fellowship of Remembrance.

A short biography of Joseph is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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