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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, 201793, 3232, 4th Border Regt.; 2/4th Border Regt.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/Cpl Joseph Gibson, 201793, 2/4th Border. Date and Place of Death: 23.9.18. Dagshai. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Robert. £28 2s. 1d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Joseph not found.
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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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Border Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st (Peshawar) Indian Division
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