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Serjeant ERNEST JOHN GIBBS

Service Number: 32
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

Prince of Wales Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row D. Grave 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Francis and Martha Gibbs, of 72, Chippenham Mews, Harrow Road, Paddington, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE. AGE 22.
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Buried or commemorated at

FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 410
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