Lance Corporal 1918 Thomas Gibson
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 13th of March 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial - Panel 6 and 7.
Census details:
1891 - 8 months old Thomas is living at 4 Stanley Street, St Helens with parents William (35), Sarah (32) and six siblings: Harriet E (13), John R (12), Ann J (10), William (8), Beatrice (6), Clara (4). 1901 - 10 years old Thomas is living at 77 Henry Street, St Helens with widowed mother Sarah Cole (41) and three siblings: William Gibson (18), Beatrice Gibson (16), Clara Gibson (14). Also at the address is visitor John Thomas Rook (23). 1911 - Sees 20 years old 'Glass Worker (Caretaker)' Thomas living at 32 Talbot Street, St Helens with remarried mother and family. The household consisted of stepfather Thomas Grundy (49), mother Sarah Ann Grundy (50), and step siblings: Rachel Grundy (23), Mary Ellen Grundy (14), May Grundy (11). Boarder Walter Smele
[pic]imgs/sppics/T_Gibson_I_Hardman_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Lance Corporal Thomas Gibson on the Ploegsteert Memorial
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[caption]Thomas is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/url][/caption]
