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Surname: GIBSON
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire
Service No: 236103
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/5th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1917-11-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. B. 9.
CWGC Cemetery: ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Gibson (born at 7, Baptist Place, Bradford, Yorkshire, 26 April 1886), was the son of John Alma and Florence Gibson, née Myers. Both parents were born at Bradford, Yorkshire.
1901 Morecambe, Lancashire Census: 6, Highfield Crescent - Joseph Gibson, aged 14 years, born Bradford, Yorkshire, grandson of Joseph Gibson.]
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 21, Albert Road - Joseph Gibson, aged 24 years, born Bradford, Yorkshire. [Joseph, a police constable, was boarding with John and Mary Ellen King.]
Joseph was married to Maggie Rawsthorne (born Salterforth, Yorkshire) in 1917.
Joseph is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 2/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): 'A' Coy - Sgt J. Gibson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sjt Joseph Gibson, 3627, 266297, W. Rid. R.; 236103, W. York. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Sgt Joseph Gibson, 3627, 2/6 W. Rid. R.; 266297, 2/6 W. Rid. R.; 236103, 1/5 W. York. R. Died of Wounds 28.11.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Sergt Joseph Gibson, 236103 2/5th Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 28.11.17. France or Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow Administratrix - Maggie. £21 5s. 5d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Joseph. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Maggie, born 27.1.88. Address: Colne Road, Killbrook [Kelbrook], Via Colne, Lancs.
See also:
‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
KELBROOK
GIBSON, Sgt. Joseph, West Yorks Regt., Colne-road, Kelbrook, died of wounds Nov. 22, 1917, aged 31.
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Sergeant Joseph GIBSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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