BORN HULL 1899. SECOND SON OF ROSE ANN TOMLINSON & JOHN WILLIAM GIBBINS, AT 67, YORK STREET (1911 CENSUS), 18, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL AND 5, PENZANCE GARDENS, CORNWALL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. SON OF A DOCKSIDE LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE “LEEDS PALS” 15/17TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED 18. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/04/1919.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN.
NOTE: HIS SURNAME IS ALSO “GIBBONS” IN WAR PENSION RECORDS.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
61651
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/04/1918
Place died:
Steenwerck Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
18
5, PENZANCE GARDENS, CORNWALL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
