Corporal 2916 Alfred John Gibson

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Household Cavalry. 1st Life Guards -
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 13th of May 1915 (Thursday)
Born: Haydock, Lancs
Resided: Haydock, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 3.

Family details:
Son of Alfred G. Gibson, of 3, Northgate Terrace, Upper Northgate St., Chester. Father Alfred George is legatee.

Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Alfred john is living at 58 back Clipsley Lane, Haydock with parents Alfred (36), Elizabeth (35) and sister Mary Eliza (3). 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Newspaper Reporter' Alfred John living at 13 Blackbrook Road, Haydock with remarried father (married 6 years) Alfred (46) and stepmother Ellen (52).

Alfred was shot in the trenches at Potteji between Zilledeke and Zonnebeke. In civilian life he was formaly a reporter for the St.Helens Newspaper & Advertiser. [pic]news/Gibson_A_2916.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [center][pic2]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/2916_Gibson_Echo19150524_zpsb6f5c1b9.png[/pic2][/center][caption]Liverpool Echo 24/05/1915.[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/Corporal_Alfred_John_Gibson.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Corporal Alfred John Gibson on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Photograph courtesy of [url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1966751]Find A Grave[/url])[/caption]