Lance Corporal 20916 John George Gibson
Regiment/Unit: Manchester Regiment - 22nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 12/11/1915
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 15th of July 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Burial / Memorial: Abbeville Communal Cemetery - V. E. 15.
Family details:
Son of William and Margaret Gibson, of 50, Lytton Avenue, Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
Census details:
1901 - 6 years old schoolboy John G is living at 40 Beech Street, Manchester with parents William (35), Margaret (33) and five siblings: William (13), Joseph R (12), [cas=2916]Frederick Gibson[/cas] (5), Elizabeth (3), Margaret (10 Mths). 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Book Binder' John living at 7 Maple Street, Cheetham, Manchester with parents William (45), Margaret (42) and five siblings: William (23), [cas=2916]Frederick Gibson[/cas] (15), Margaret (13), Elizabeth (11), Hilda (6).
Notes:
[note=123]Two Gibson Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
[note=123]Two Gibson Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
[pic]tpics/JG_Gibson_Mancs.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Lance Corporal John George Gibson at
Abbeville Communal Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dufay.)[/caption]
