GISBOURNE Albert Maurice

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
    Maurice 
  • Surname:
    GISBOURNE
  • Service Number:
    241362
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France, Panel 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Charlton, Worcestershire, resident and enlisted Evesham, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Hampton St Andrew’s Church as A.M. Gisbourne with the additional information: M.M. Worc Regt. Hampton War Memorial as Maurice Gisbourne. Bengeworth St Peter’s Church as M. Gisbourne. Evesham War Memorial as A.M. Gisbourne.

Further Information About GISBOURNE Albert Maurice

Surname spelt Gisborne on Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Soldiers Died in the Great War.

Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.)

The birth of Albert Morris Gisborne is registered in the December Quarter 1892 under the Pershore Registration District.

Evesham Journal and Four Shires Advertiser, 26th October 1918:
ANOTHER BENGEWORTH SOLDIER KILLED
Mrs. A. M. Gisborne, of 8, North-road, Evesham, received the following letter from Lt. Col. Clarke, of the Worcesters: “France, 15.9.18. Dear Mrs. Gisborne, – It is with the deepest regret and most heartfelt sympathy that I have to inform you of the death of your husband, Sergt. A. M. Gisborne. He was leading his platoon in an attack and although wounded twice, he kept on until killed by machine gun bullet. Such bravery and unselfish devotion to duty was an inspiring example to everyone, and although he was met by stubborn resistance, the attack was a great success. It has been an honour and a pleasure to have served with your husband so long, for a finer soldier or a better man I have never met, and I feel his loss more than I can say.”  Sergt. A. M. Gisborne was the only son of Mr. David Gisborne, of Great Hampton, and joined the army in June, 1915. He went to France February 1916, and was for a short time in Italy, returning to France a few weeks ago. Writing from Italy to his wife on September 4, he said “I don’t know whether you know or not, but I have got the Military Medal,” and on September 10 he wrote: “I have had my ribbon given to me by the General, and he told me that if I did not do another stroke in the war I had done my bit.” Before joining the army he was in the employ of Messrs. Noland Peat and Co., of Evesham. He was 26 years of age, and leaves a wife and one child.

(Albert married Mary A. Gardner in 1915. He was the son of David and Susan Elizabeth Gisborne (nee Cole) who were married in 1892.)

A photograph of Sergeant A.M. Gisbourne of Evesham can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 16th November 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Albert Gisbourne has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by Peter Stewart. Berrow's Worcester Journal Supplement researched by Sandra Taylor.