GIBBONS Edward James

  • First Name(s):
    Edward 
    James 
  • Surname:
    GIBBONS
  • Service Number:
    1278
  • Rank:

    Captain|Colour Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    Boer War
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    City of London Imperial Volunteers
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd January 1900
  • Age At Death:
    40
  • Place of Death:
    Died at sea of pneumonia whilst on his way to South Africa
  • Place of Burial:
    Unknown
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Benjamin and Charlotte Gibbons of Waresley House

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

GIBBONS Edward James Is Named On These Memorials

Hartlebury St James The Apostle Church Gibbons Memorial
Hartlebury St James The Apostle Churchyard Gibbons Memorial
Worcester Crown Court Shire Hall Boer War Memorial

Further Information About GIBBONS Edward James

Barrister at law.

The inscription on the memorial reads:
IN MEMORY OF
EDWARD JAMES GIBBONS M.A.
A COLOUR SERGEANT IN THIS REGIMENT AND CAPTAIN IN
THE 14TH MIDDLESEX (INNS OF COURT) V.R. SON OF THE
REVD BENJAMIN AND CHARLOTTE JANE GIBBONS OF THIS
PARISH HE DIED AT SEA ON JANUARY 23ES 1900 DURING
THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN AGED 40 YEARS

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REGIMENTAL FUND
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ALFRED NEWTON BART LORD MAYOR

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