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GIBSON James Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20659

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This record is about the GIBSON James Lieut dating from 2000-2024.

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SKR/DAT/IP/20659

Title

GIBSON James Lieut

Date

2000-2024

Description

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Surname: GIBSON;

Forename(s): James;

Initials: J;

Rank: Lieut;

Enlistment Date: 25-Sep-1915;

Resided in: Wishaw;

Previous Battalion: 13 of;

Previous Regiment: HLI;

Date of transfer to MGC: 07-Aug-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 13 Coy;

Date abroad: 22-Jul-1916;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 05-Oct-1917;

Awarded: MID;

Other Data: b 13/1/1893 of 21 Main Street, Wishaw
employed by Certified Accountants and commissioned direct from civil life to 13 HLI - seconded to MGC (13 Coy) (LG:23/11/1916)
see "With the MGC" (Russell) p 151-154
KIA - see WD 5/10/1917 (Ypres-Menin Road). Buried Sheet 28NW J16.c.96.30 Ref No 8809
Estate 278/7/9d
Photo: (in group) OCA archives
Photo: GS Archives
ArticleL Wishaw Press 12 October 1917;

Other Notes: GIBSON, Lieutenant, JAMES, 13th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 5th October 1917. Age 30. Son of Alexander and Jessie Burns Gibson, of 25, Main St., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. Tyne Cot Memorial - Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
MID: LG 21/12/1917 (24/12/1917) (Haig: 26/2/1917 - 2/9/1917 France);

Is photo available? Yes, see VMGCRA Patreon

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language

English

Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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Machine Gun Corps Database

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