Lieut. Colonel William Gibbs, CVO

1877 - 1963  (85 years)

• Name	William Gibbs
  Title	Lieut. Colonel
  Suffix	CVO
  Born	20 Nov 1877	Paddington, London
  	16 Hyde Park Gardens
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	21 Dec 1877	Paddington, London
  Residence	1881	Wraxall, Somerset
  Residence	1891	Wraxall, Somerset
  Died	25 Jan 1963	Hatherop, Gloucestershire
  	Severalls
  Person ID	I1737	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield,   b. 10 Dec 1841, London ,   d. 24 Apr 1907, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Janet Louisa Merivale,   b. 15 Dec 1850, Kilburn, Middlesex ,   d. 10 Dec 1909, London  (Age 58 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1872	St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington
  Family ID	F796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruby Mabel Brassey,   b. 10 Oct 1887, Preston Hall, Kent ,   d. 30 Jun 1981  (Age 93 years)
  Married	22 Jul 1911	Knightsbridge, London
  Children	1. Diana Anstice Williamina Gibbs,   b. 14 Apr 1914, 41 Eaton Place, Westminster, London ,   d. 15 Jun 1955  (Age 41 years)   2. Marigold Ruby Gibbs,   b. 1 Jun 1920, South Eaton Place, Westminster, London ,   d. May 2002, Hitchin and Stevenage, Hertfordshire  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  7th Hussars. 3rd son of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised at St. Michael's, Paddington. Educated at Eton College 1891-6; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) 1896; 3rd class law and BA 1899. 2nd Lieut. 7th Hussars, February, and Lieut., November 1900. In the South African (Boer) War, served 1901-2 with 7th Hussars in operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and Transvaal; awarded Queen's Medal, with five clasps. Captain, Ap. 1907. Seconded to be Brigade Major of Eastern Mounted Brigade (Territorial) March 1913-March 1916. In the Great War, served in Gallipoli (Anzac) October-December 1915: in Egypt December 1915-October 1916 (Staff Officer, Western Defence Force; Brigade Major, Coastal Area): in France, October-December 1917, as Major, 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regt.; in Mesopotamia Ap. 1918-Ap. 1919 with 7th Hussars and in command of them from September 1918. Wounded at Shergat, nr. Mosul, 28 October 1918. Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) War Medal: Croix de Guerre (avec palme): mentioned twice in despatches (1916 and 1919). Lieut.-Colonel 1919, and in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers from 1920. One of the Exons of the King's Bodyguard of Yeomen of the Guard from 1926. Portrait: In Yeoman of the Guard's Uniform last in possn. of his wife Ruby Mable Brassey.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Nov 1877 - Paddington, London Baptism - 21 Dec 1877 - Paddington, London Residence - 1881 - Wraxall, Somerset Residence - 1891 - Wraxall, Somerset Married - 22 Jul 1911 - Knightsbridge, London Died - 25 Jan 1963 - Hatherop, Gloucestershire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		LT_William_Gibbs.jpg
  		Beaufort Hunt Polo Club Team 1930 Rev. Jack Gibbs, Col. Guy Gibbs, Col. Algie Longworth, Col. Willie Gibbs
  		Captain William Gibbs Unit: 7th Hussars, attached to the 12th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment and then back to the 7th Hussars BOND OF SACRIFICE - FIRST WORLD WAR PORTRAITS COLLECTION - HU 114991

  
  

  Documents

  1891 England Census - Captain Eustace Lyle Gibbs-1.jpeg