Basic Details
Surname
Gibson
Forenames
Gerald
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
NOT STATED ON MEMORIAL
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. A Scot, from Edinburgh, he worked as the cinema operator to the Todmorden Hippodrome before the war and went missing and was presumed killed in the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt that took the lives of hundreds from the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and Calderdale.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Duke of Wellington`s (West Riding Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Thiepval
Cemetery
Mill Road British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial