S.S. 101907, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=GARWOOD, BERTRAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 10042, No. 1 Coy., 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Capt. John Thomas Garwood,
22nd (The Cheshire) Regt., and his wife Ellen (1, Star and Garter
Mansions, Riverside, Putney, S.W.), dau. of George Wakeling; _b._
Bedford, 17 June, 1892; educ. St. Augustine’s High Grade School,
Kilburn; served in the Grenadier Guards, 18 Sept. 1909 to 2 Nov. 1909
(discharged “By Purchase”); the Coldstream Guards, 17 March to 3 Oct.
1910 (discharged “By Purchase”), and the Northamptonshire Regt., 27
Aug. 1911 (discharged “By Purchase”); re-enlisted in the Coldstreams,
26 March, 1913; appointed L.-Corpl. 21 Jan. 1914; went to the Front,
13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914;
_unm._ Buried half a mile S.W. of Givenchy Church.
[Illustration: =Bertram Garwood.=]
=GATER, WALTER FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17529, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GATES, FREDERICK JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4544), 202986, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GATES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 2654, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Alfred Gates, of King Street, Cotton, Beds.; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, &c.; killed in action, 26
April, 1915.
=GAUGHAN, JAMES=, Private, No. 1794, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
eldest _s._ of James Gaughan, of 141, High Street, Dunbar, now an
employee of the Dunbar Corporation, formerly Northumberland Fusiliers
(who saw active service in Afghanistan), by his wife, Mary, dau. of
Patrick McGuinness; _b._ Dunbar, 18 Nov. 1891; educ. Public School
there; and was a General Labourer; joined the 3rd (Special Reserve
Battn.) Royal Scots, in 1908, and on the outbreak of war transferred to
the 2nd Battn.; went to the Front at end of Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=GAUNT, CECIL=, Private, No. G. 10817, 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
_s._ of Richard Gaunt, of 69, Rood Road, Walthamstow; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 30 July, 1915.
=GAUTREY, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2768),
300802, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GAUTREY, THOMAS ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4911), 197584, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GAWLER, GEORGE VICTOR=, Private, No. 2275, A. Coy., 4th Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of George
Edward Gawler (died 5 May, 1912), by his wife, Alice Mary Ann Matilda
(83, Richmond Road, Barnsbury, N.), dau. of William Ingrey; _b._
Pentonville, 5 Jan. 1896; educ. Victoria Street Council School,
Copenhagen Street, N.; was employed at the Home & Colonial Stores,
Upper Street, Islington; volunteered and joined the 4th London Regt.
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Malta and from thence to
France, 23 Dec., and was killed in action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915;
_unm._
=RATCLIFF-GAYLARD, CECIL CHARLES ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 167, 2nd
Battn. Head Quarters Staff, 1st Infantry Division, Australian Imperial
Force, elder _s._ of James Ratcliff-Gaylard, of Clifton Park,
Birkenhead, M.D., Hon. Assoc, of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
in England, by his wife, Jeannie, eldest dau. of Alexander Watt, of
Aberdeen; _b._ The Ferns, Shildon, co. Durham, 17 Sept. 1889;
educ. Aberdeen and Manchester Grammar Schools and King’s College,
Taunton, co. Somerset; went to Australia in Sept. 1911, and when War
broke out was Assistant Manager on a “Station” in New South Wales. He
immediately volunteered, being one of the first 200 to enlist in New
South Wales; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April,
1915, and was killed in action during the great attack by the Turks
on the Australian positions north of Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 19 May,
1915, and was buried behind the firing line in Victoria Gully, S.E. of
Shrapnel Valley; _unm._ Letters from his Adjutant, the Chaplain,
and many comrades, all testify to his popularity, and ever-readiness
to help others. One comrade wrote: “He died with that fine, soldierly,
good-humoured smile on his face, which it always possessed. He was
always happy, and we all loved him.” He was a keen sportsman, rode
straight to hounds, and was an excellent shot. At Aberdeen he was
a member of the Vol. Battn. Gordon Highlanders (Students’ Section,
Aberdeen University), and was “Victor Ludorum” in his last year at
school and a member of the Bisley Eight.
[Illustration: =C. C. A. Ratcliff-Gaylard.=]
=GEARD, FREDERICK JOHN PARSONS=, Corpl., No. 47, Royal Flying
Corps, 2nd _s._ of John Geard, of 45, Lascelles Road, Maxton,
Dover, Stone Mason, by his wife, Amelia Emily, dau. of the late William
Parsons, of Chislehurst, Kent; _b._ Mottingham, near Eltham, Kent,
1 Sept. 1892; educ. Herne Bay; enlisted in the Royal Engineers at
Woolwich, 1 Sept. 1910, and after going through a course of training
at Chatham was, in Jan. 1911, posted to the Balloon Section, R.E.
at Aldershot. He then belonged to No. 1 Aeroplane Section (R.E.);
was appointed Airman Rigger in Sept. 1911, and the following year
transferred to the R.F.C. He was killed, while on active service, in an
aeroplane accident at Peronne, France, 18 Aug. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick J. P. Geard.=]
=GEARING, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 312042, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GEDDES, AUGUSTUS DAVID=, Col., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East
Kent Regt., 3rd _s._ of Col. John Geddes, of 4, Suffolk Square,
Cheltenham, late 44th and 76th Regts., by his wife, Madeline Mary,
dau. of John Augustus Hessing; _b._ Dover, 6 June, 1866; educ.
Cheltenham College, and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd East Kent Regt.
5 Feb. 1887, promoted Lieut. 21 Nov. 1889, Capt. 25 Oct. 1895, Major,
4 April, 1903, Lieut.-Col. 7 Feb. 1911, and Col. 7 Feb. 1915, with
Seniority from 15 June, 1914; was Adjutant, 16 Feb. 1898 to 8 April,
1900. He passed through the Staff College 1902 to Dec. 1903; served in
the South African War, 1899–1901; was present at the actions of Klip
Drift, and Paardeberg (27 Feb. 1900), where he was severely wounded,
and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. On his recovery he
was Staff Officer to the base Commandant (graded D.A.A.G.) in South
Africa, 9 April, 1900, to 5 Jan. 1902, and Staff-Captain, Intelligence
Department at the War Office, 21 Jan. 1904 to 31 Jan. 1908, and General
Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, 1 Oct. 1908 to 6 Feb. 1910. He had also
passed as Interpreter in Russian. After the outbreak of the European
War, he was in command of the 2nd Buffs, and went to the Front, 17
Jan. 1915, and was killed in action during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 28
April, 1915, while in command of 4 composite battns. at St. Jean. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir (now Lord) John French’s Despatch of 31 May,
1915. He obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College,
and a Senior in 1882, a Silver Medal for Classics and the Jex Blake
prize for English Literature, and was Cox of his College Boat, 1881–83.
He _m._ at All Saints’ Church, Dearne, co. Hants. 3 March, 1908,
Vera Colville (residing at Oakley Hall), dau. of William Oswald
Gilchrist, of Oakley Hall, Basingstoke: _s.p._ His two brothers,
Brigadier-General John Gordon Geddes, C.B., R.A., and Lieut.-Col.
George Hessing Geddes, C.B., R.A., are both (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Augustus David Geddes.=]
=GEDDES, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10500), 209339,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GEE, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 838, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of Charles Frederick Gee, of Mill House, Whitfield,
Dover; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GEE, ROBERT FRANCIS McLEAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attached 1st,
Battn. Wiltshire Regt. (The Duke of Edinburgh’s), eldest _s._
of George Francis Gee, of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Te Whare,
St. John’s Road, Eastbourne, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the
late Hon. George Buckley, of Christchurch, New Zealand; granddau. of
Capt. William Henry Buckley, 82nd Regt., and great-granddau. of Capt.
William Buckley, Royal Scots Regt., who was killed at Quatre Bras;
_b._ Wellington, New Zealand, 29 April, 1894; educ. at Wellington,
New Zealand, and Eastbourne College, and had entered at Trinity
College, Cambridge. He was in the Eastbourne College O.T.C., and
having volunteered his services at the outbreak of the war, was given
a commission in the 3rd Wiltshire Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined on 3
Sept. 1914, and after four weeks’ training at Weymouth, was transferred
to the 1st Battn. and went to France. He received his fatal wound--a
sniper’s bullet in the head--a few days after his arrival at the firing
line, during an attempt to capture the village of Ilies, and died at
Netley Hospital, 27 Oct. 1914, being buried in Ocklynge Cemetery,
Eastbourne; _unm._ His younger brother, Alan, is a Lieut. in the
R.H.A.
[Illustration: =Robert F. McLean Gee.=]
=GENERY, HUGH THOMAS WATSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7382),
S.S. 102512, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=GENT, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3823), S.S. 101485,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GEORGE, ALEC=, Private, No. 21145, 7th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of John George, of Granite
House, Eversfield Place, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Annie, dau.
of Thomas Allen; _b._ Narborough, near Leicester, 3 Feb. 1893;
educ. The Wyggeston School, Leicester; and became a Sanitary Engineer.
He left for Canada 19 March, 1914, and settled at Winnipeg, but on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, immediately volunteered and joined
the Expeditionary Force. After going through a course of training at
Valcartier, he came over with the first Canadian Contingent on 15
Oct., went to the western front 27 April, and died 8 June, 1915, from
wounds received in action on 6 June, 1915. He was buried at Lillers;
_unm._ At Wyggeston, George was in the cricket XI and football XV,
and afterward played both for Hendon and Golders Green, He won several
medals for boxing, including one at the St. Pancras Boxing Club and one
at Lark Hill--Canadians _v._ A.S.C.
[Illustration: =Alec George.=]
=GEORGE, BERTIE AARON=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2779C, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GEORGE, ERNEST FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 51, A Coy. 8th Battn.
(90th Winnipeg Rifles), 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
elder _s._ of Arthur Atherton George, of Leverington, near
Wisbech, by his wife, Sarah, sister of Capt. Thomas Elson-Ivey, 1st
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I. (taken prisoner at Kut), and dau.
of Samuel Ivey, of Bristol; _b._ Leverington, co. Cambridge, 23
Sept. 1889; educ. Church School, Wisbech; was employed for five years
with Messrs. Dawbarn & Sons, Wisbech; went to Winnipeg, Canada, in
April, 1912, and worked on the Canadian Pacific Railroad; volunteered
on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force;
came over with the 1st Contingent in Nov. 1914; trained at Valcartier
Camp, Quebec, and Salisbury; went to France, 8 Feb. 1915, and was
reported missing after the heavy fighting at Ypres, 22–24 April, 1915.
On this occasion the 8th Battn. commanded by Lieut.-Col. Lipsett
held the extreme left of the Brigade position at the most critical
moment. The Battn. was expelled from the trenches early on Friday
morning (23 April) by an emission of poisonous gas, but recovering in
three-quarters of an hour, it counter-attacked, re-took the trenches it
had abandoned, and bayoneted the enemy; and after the 3rd Brigade had
been forced to retire, Lieut.-Col. Lipsett held his position, though
his left was in the air, until two British regts. filled up the gap
on Saturday night. It would seem that George was wounded and taken
prisoner, for, according to a postcard received from Corpl. W. S. Pozer
of the same Battn. (himself a prisoner), George died of wounds or gas
poisoning, in the Red Cross Hospital at Roulers, 26 April, 1915. He was
_unm._ His yr. brother, Private John Robert George, served with
the 1st Northamptonshire Regt. in France, Aug. 1914 to March, 1915, and
is now (1916) with the 3rd Battn. at Gillingham.
[Illustration: =Ernest Frederick George.=]
=GEORGE, MAXIM=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GERMAN, THOMAS=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1884T, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GERRANS, CHRISTOPHER DAVIES=, Private, No. 4220, Australian
Field Artillery; _b._ Peckham, S.E., 1870; educ. Rye College,
Peckham Rye; enlisted; served through the South African War, and was
in Ladysmith during the siege; went to Australia about 1907; joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war and was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, 2 Dec. 1915; _unm._
=GERRISH, FRANK=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7615, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GERRY, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. 13632, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Albert Gerry, of Heward,
Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Edith Jane, dau. of George Rowland;
_b._ Souris, Manitoba, 9 Jan. 1893; was in a Livery business;
volunteered on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; left Canada with the
First Contingent, 23 Sept., and after training on Salisbury Plain
during the winter of 1914–15 crossed to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action there, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His commanding
officer wrote: “Private Gerry was a wonderfully cheerful man, nothing
seemed to damp his spirits. Even in those days at Ypres, when things
looked so black, he was cheerful. He was killed when we made a charge
on a strong German position which we captured on 24 May. We were able
to get his body and bury him near a little village called Festubert. He
met his death like a hero, his face to the foe.”
[Illustration: =Albert John Gerry.=]
=GETHING, HUGH BAGNALL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Gloucestershire
Hussars Yeomanry (T.F.), yr. _s._ of James Edwards Gething, of
Siddington Hall, Cirencester, by his wife, Maria Llewellyn, dau. of
James Bagnall, of Castle Hill House, Carmarthen, J.P.; _b._
Letherllistry, Llanddarog, co. Carmarthen, 7 Oct. 1883; educ. Elstree
(1892–1897), Harrow (Bushnell’s and Graham’s Houses) (1897–1902), and
Trinity College, Cambridge (1902–1906), joined the Gloucestershire
Hussars Yeomanry 25 March, 1911, volunteered with them for active
service, and was killed at the Dardanelles 21 Aug. 1915. Writing to
his father, Col. Playne, who was himself wounded in the same action,
said: “Your son was one of our best officers and the whole regt. will
feel his loss keenly.” Major Yorke wrote: “Poor Lusty, as we always
called him, was most gallantly leading his troops, setting them a
splendid example, when a shell burst close to him, inflicting injuries
to his head, which must have caused instantaneous death”; and Capt.
Turner, the second in command of his squadron, also wrote “the whole
division was ordered to advance across a stretch of about a mile and
a half of open country after a heavy artillery preparation. They had
only started a few minutes, when heavy shell fire was opened, and we
began to suffer pretty heavy casualties amongst officers and men. Lusty
had survived almost the whole way across, and had just faced forward,
after turning to say a few encouraging words to his men, when he was
struck by a shrapnel, and killed instantly. He was later buried in a
grave by himself, close to where he fell, nearly under the shelter of
a hill, the one we are now on, ... he was ... always cheerful, and
was always ready to do anything that was going.” Gething was a keen
sportsman, was captain of the cricket and football eleven at Elstree,
played five years in the House Cricket Eleven at Harrow and four years
in the football eleven, and was captain one year. He passed the Dolphin
(swimming) test, 1899, and won the Beale Cup for diving, 1901, and the
middle-weight boxing in the Public School Competition at Aldershot,
1902. He played in the Freshman’s Association Match at Cambridge, 1902,
and in the Seniors’ Match, 1903, 1904, played regularly for the Trinity
Harrovians A.F.C., and was secretary of the club from 1903 till its
extinction. He won the Freshman’s middle-weight boxing, 1902, the C.U.
middle-weight boxing, 1903, and the same event for Cambridge v. Oxford,
1903–1904 (beating Gardner in 1903, and Sheepshanks in 1904). He hunted
with the Fitzwilliam, the Oakley and the Drag, and also played polo
at Cambridge; won the Fairwell Cup at Cottenham on Mr. Pemberton’s
“Hector,” and rode the same horse against Oxford over the Whaddon Chase
Country, 1907, &c. He hunted with the Old Berkshire, V.W.H. and Lord
Bathurst’s hounds after leaving Cambridge. His elder brother, Lieut. J.
S. B. Gething, South Wales Borderers, was killed in the South African
War.
[Illustration: =Hugh Bagnall Gething.=]
=GIBB, WILLIAM ALEXANDER=, M.D., Lieut.-Col., Royal Army Medical
Corps, eldest _s._ of Alexander Gibb, of the Capital and Counties
Bank, Ipswich, J.P., by his wife, Jessie Violet, dau. of Donald
Coghill, of Wick, Caithness; _b._ Ipswich, 17 June, 1872; educ.
Ipswich School, Edinburgh University, Royal College of Surgeons,
Edinburgh, London University, and Vienna; Matriculated at Edinburgh and
London, 1889; M.B., C.M., 1895; M.D., 1900, and was successively House
Surgeon, Royal Infirmary and Skin Dispensary, Edinburgh; Gloucester
Royal Infirmary and Eye Institution, and Noble Hospital, Douglas, Isle
of Man; Clinical Assistant to the Ear, Throat and Nose Hospital, Golden
Square, and the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London. He
then took up practice in Ipswich about 1900 and became Assistant Hon.
Surgeon to the Ipswich and Suffolk Hospital, and Public Vaccinator for
Ipswich Union; Member of the Red Cross Council of the County of Suffolk
and the Scout Council; District Staff; District St. John Ambulance
Brigade, and Lecturer to St. John Ambulance Association. While at
Edinburgh he joined the University Coy. of the 1st V.B. Edinburgh
Rifle Volunteers in 1898, serving for four years in the ranks, and
later becoming Lieut. in the Harwich Infantry Brigade Bearer Company,
R.A.M.C. He was gazetted Capt. to the 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance
at its formation, and on 16 July, 1912, was transferred to the 6th
(Cyclist) Battn. Suffolk Regt. as Medical Officer. He was promoted
Major, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 3 Dec. 1913, and after the outbreak of the War,
was made Lieut.-Col. of the East Anglian Casualty Clearing Station, 22
Dec. 1914. He raised the unit solely through his personal influence,
both with regard to officers and men. He died at the Eastern General
Hospital, Birmingham, 10 March, 1915, of pleurisy and pneumonia,
contracted on active service. Dr. Gibb received the Coronation medal
and was Honorary Associate of the Grand Priory of the Order of St.
John of Jerusalem in England. He _m._ at St. George’s Church,
Hanover Square, London, 20 Sept. 1905, Rosina Sarah, only dau. of James
Bullock, of Westbury, co. Wilts; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Alexander Gibb.=]
=GIBB, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 12/1214, 2nd Auckland Battn.
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of David Neneen Gibb, of
Karanganake, Thames, New Zealand; _b._ Auckland, New Zealand,
1886; educ. Thames Gold Fields, New Zealand; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and enlisted 1 Nov. 1914; went to Egypt, took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action there the same day; _unm._
[Illustration: =William James Gibb.=]
=GIBBARD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 3504, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of William Gibbard, of 12, Bride Street, Kilburn;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
25 April, 1915.
=GIBBINS, HENRY EDWARD=, Private, No. S. 5356, 4th Battn.
Middlesex Regt., _s._ of William Gibbins, of 61, Mansfield Street,
Kingsland Road, N.E.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; died at Boulogne, 15 Feb. 1915, of enteric fever while on active
service.
=GIBBINS, JOHN=, Signalman, J. 3246, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when
that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=GIBBONS, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 120, 7th (Service) Battn. East
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
action, 28 July, 1915; _m._
=GIBBONS, CHARLES WILLIAM CROWNE=, Private, No. 1518, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Charles William
Gibbons, by his wife, Emily Marion (now wife of Charles Emery, of
35, Wandle Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W.), dau. of William Johnstone
Harris; _b._ London, 2 Dec. 1884; educ. Tennyson Street Council
School, Queen’s Road, S.W.; enlisted, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 7
Oct. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Ypres, 29
Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Charles W. C. Gibbons.=]
=GIBBS, ALBERT WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7975), S.S.
103638, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GIBBS, ALFRED=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5326, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GIBBS, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9189, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GIBBS, RONALD CHARLES MELBOURNE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The
Scots Guards, yr. _s._ of the late Hon. Henry Lloyd Gibbs, of 10,
Lennox Gardens, London, partner in the firm of Anthony Gibbs & Sons,
of 22, Bishopsgate, E.C., by his wife, Alice Mary (10, Lennox Gardens,
S.W.), yst. dau. of the late Gen. Charles Crutchley, of Sunninghill
Park, Ascot, co. Berks, and gdsn. of Henry Hucks, 1st Baron Aldenham;
_b._ Salisbury, South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia, 26 Aug. 1894;
educ. Wellington House, Westgate-on-Sea, and Eton College (P. L.
Broke’s House, where he was in the O.T.C. and received certificate
A); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Special Reserve of Officers, 27 Sept. 1913;
served with 1st Battn. Scots Guards at Aldershot; and on declaration
of war with 3rd Battn.; passed Army Examination, 1914; posted to the
2nd Scots Guards, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct. 1914, and was
killed in action at Ypres, 28 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Chateau
Gheluvelt. His Commanding Officer, Lord Esme Gordon-Lennox, wrote: “He
was a splendid young officer.... He had a charming disposition, and
showed such keenness and ability as an officer that the blow was all
the harder. Liked by everybody he came in contact with, both officers
and men, his death has been a great loss to the Regt.” 2nd Lieut. Gibbs
rowed in the boats at Eton, 4 June, 1913, and also rowed when their
Majesties visited Eton, 16 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Ronald C. M. Gibbs.=]
=GIBBS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12701, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GIBBS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4719), 205068, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GIBSON, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5181), 207006, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GIBSON, JOHN=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1638T., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.