Leslie Albert George Gibson MM
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Military Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Corporal 29100 (formerly 8/1234 Devon Regiment)
Parents: Alfred and Emily Iris Gibson
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: The Orchards, Ten Acres, Leicester Square, Soundwell, Bristol. Lived: !901 and 1911 Census record Leslie at the Leicester Square address.
Pre-war occupation: Scholar
Date of birth: 1899
Date of death: 18/09/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: No known grave – Commemorated Vis-en-Artois memorial, France
Age: 19
Further information:
Leslie Albert George Gibson served with the 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and was Killed in Action on 18/09/1918. The Military Medal for Gallantry was announced in the London Gazette of 17/08/1918.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.