Walter William Gibbs
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Second Lieutenant
Parents: John and Ellen Rachel Gibbs
Marital status: Married
Home address: Hambrook, Bristol
Date of birth: 1888
Place of birth: Hambrook, Bristol
Date of death: 22/04/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St Vasst (II.J.3.), France
Age: 30
Further information:
Walter William Gibbs was born in Hambrook in 1888, the only son of John and Ellen Rachel Gibbs. John Gibbs was an Assistant Overseer, Births & Deaths
Walter was a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, was for two years a member of the Bolivian Boundary Commision, was engaged for three years on survey work in the Mozembique Companies territory and obtained permission to return to Portugese East Africa in August 1917, when he was gazetted Second Lieutenant with the Royal Engineers
He married Miss Dorothy R Gibbs (formerly Skinner), shortly before going to France
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Frenchay Village Museum, Forces War Records and CWGC