1885 - 1946 (60 years)
-
Name |
Francis Antony Woodard Gibbs |
Title |
The Rev. |
Birth |
17 Dec 1885 |
Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
Gender |
Male |
Baptism |
25 Dec 1885 |
Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
Residence |
1891 |
London |
Residence |
1901 |
Eton, Buckinghamshire |
Boarder |
Death |
3 Aug 1946 |
Fairford, Gloucestershire |
Notes |
- 3rd son of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 25 December 1885 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College 1899-1904; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) October 1906; BA 1909, MA 1921. A pupil of Budd Johnson & Jecks, Solicitors in City of London 1909-11. A student at Wells Theological College 1911-12 and at Farnham Theological College 1912.
Deacon 1913; Priest 1914 (Southwark); Curate of Lambeth 1913-16 and 1919-20; Rector of Walkern, Herts, from 1922. In the Great War was a Chaplain to the Military Forces 1916-19 (in France, Spring to Nov. 1916 and Oct. 1917 to Oct. 1918; in North Russia two months in the summer of 1919). Wounded twice (16 Nov. 1916, near Beaumont Hamel; in Oct. 1918, near Caudry). Military Cross and bar to the same (both earned in 1918). British War Medal, Allies (Victory) Medal. Hon. Chaplain to the Forces 1921.
Portraits: by F. Crawley-Boevey (1895); by Ogilvie (1916); and a miniature (artist unknown); (last 2 in possession of his son Major Henry Francis Gibbs).
|
Person ID |
I2318 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
30 Jun 2020 |
Father |
Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset, b. 30 May 1850, Paddington, London d. 22 Apr 1928, Barrow Gurney, Somerset (Age 77 years) |
Mother |
Emily Anna Otter, b. 6 Mar 1854, Cowfold, Sussex d. 5 Jul 1928, Fyfield, Berkshire (Age 74 years) |
Marriage |
22 Jun 1883 |
Lindfield, Sussex |
Family ID |
F798 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Agnes Mary Denise Ruddock, b. 9 Oct 1893, Ardeley, Hertfordshire d. 24 Jul 1978, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
27 Jun 1923 |
Ardeley, Hertfordshire |
Children |
| 1. Emily Matilda Jean Gibbs, b. 13 Dec 1924, Walkern, Hertfordshire d. 7 Jul 2002 (Age 77 years) |
| 2. Anne Denise Perpetua Gibbs, JP, b. 7 Mar 1926, Walkern, Hertfordshire d. 15 Apr 1992, Westminster, London (Age 66 years) |
| 3. Major Henry Francis Gibbs, b. 23 Jun 1928, The Rectory, Walkern, Hertfordshire d. 3 Feb 2020 (Age 91 years) |
| 4. Caroline Mary Blanche Gibbs, b. 8 Aug 1932, Walken, Hertfordshire d. 27 Feb 1965, Rhodes (Age 32 years) |
|
Family ID |
F1048 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
4 May 2019 |
-
-