1921 - 2004 (83 years)
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| Name |
Roland Christopher Gibbs |
| Title |
Field Marshal |
| Suffix |
GCB, CBE, DES, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire |
| Birth |
22 Jun 1921 |
Barrow Gurney, Somerset  |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
31 Jul 1921 |
Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
| Death |
31 Oct 2004 |
Devizes, Wiltshire |
| Notes |
- Field Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, ADC, (Gen). Baptised 31 July 1921 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton and RMC.
Field Marshal 1979. Served 1939-45 War in North
Africa, Italy and N.W. Europe. On the Staff in Ministry of Defence (1956-59); Washington (1962-63) and Chief of Staff, HQ Middle East (1966-67). Commander: 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1960-62); 16 Parachute Brigade (1963-66); British Forces Persian Gulf (1969-71); 1st British Corps B.A.O.R. (1972-74). Commander in Chief United Kingdom Land Forces (1974-76). Chief of the General Staff (1976-79). Colonel Commandant The Royal Green Jackets and The Parachute Regiment. ADC General to H.M. The Queen (1976-79). M.C. 1942; D.S.O. 1945; C.B.E. 1968; K.C.B. 1972; G.C.B. 1976.
Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire 1980. Regional Director of Salisbury Regional Board of Lloyds Bank Ltd. 1979. A Commissioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea (1980).
Portraits: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes; by John Ward; by David Morris; last in own possn. By A. C. Davidson-Houston for The Royal Green Jackets.
- See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Gibbs
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| Person ID |
I2435 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2018 |
| Father |
Major Guy Melvil Gibbs, b. 15 Dec 1889, Paddington, London d. 14 Mar 1959, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Olivia St. John, b. 3 Jun 1890, Westminster, London d. 29 Sep 1964, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Aug 1914 |
Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
| Family ID |
F1065 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Gibbs Family Tree
