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HERBERT GIBSON

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Rank
Private
Regiment
DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY DLI 15TH BATTALION
Military Number
44178
Address
8 HERBERTS TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL
Hull HU3 2P
England
Background

BORN HULL 1884. WAS MANAGER OF THE MIDLAND BANK, WHITEFRIARGATE. (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND  LIVED WITH SARAH ANN TAYLOR AT AT 8, HERBERTS TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL & 8, WELLINGTON TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL  (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).

BEFORE ENLISTING, HE WAS EMPLOYED AT MESSRS, GEORGE ROWNTREE'S, FISH CURERS, GOODWING STREET, HULL

HIS FAMILY LIVED OUTSIDE HULL. EX 38360 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 44178, 5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING ON 27/05/1918. HE WAS KILLED, DURING REMOVAL BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES, ON 30/10/1918, AGED 34.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/08/1919. *

Date Died
30/10/1918
Died
Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany
Age
34
Memorial
Cologne
North Rhine-Westphalia

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