BORN LEVEN 1885. A SINGLE MAN. HE HAD A BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A TRANSPORT WORKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 CHEST SIZE, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 09/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 05/07/1916. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TAKEN PRISONER WITH GUN SHOT WOUNDS TO THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN, ON 23/07/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS, IN GERMANY, ON 01/08/1916. HIS ARMY AND PROBATE ADDRESS WAS 29 , ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, FRED GIBSON AT 59 WILBERT LANE, BEVERLEY.
First name:
HARRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/21974
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/08/1916
Place died:
St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, West-Vlannderen, Belgium
Age:
31
