BORN HULL 1880. ELEANOR ABOVE. ELDEST SON OF FRED & HARRIET GIBSON – 8 SAXBY TERRACE, HODGSON STREET. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A WELL KNOWN COAL CARRIER FOR MESSRS. WADE & SONS. HE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN. HE WAS A KNOWN AS A LOCAL ATHLETE AND FOOTBALLER. HE ENLISTED 6TH AUGUST 1914. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING AND BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN PRISONER. LATER CONFIRMED KILLED IN ACTION. JIM GIBSON IS LISTED ON THE WATERLOO STREET ROH. (HDM 10/8/16). HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 18TH NOVEMBER 1915. *
HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON THE HODGSON STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 20 October 1916).
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
10512
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
35
11 ARTHUR'S TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
