This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 F. W. Gibbins (Frank William Gibbins) (Gibbins, Frank William) Service no S/32220 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 7th Battalion Died age 28 on 21 March 1918 Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Lambeth CWGC: "Son of Charlotte Gibbins, of 62, Wilcox Road, South Lambeth, London, and the late William Gibbins." Remembered at Pozières Memorial, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 Census In 1911 Frank Gibbins was 21 and living at 161 Hartington Road (just around the corner from Wilcox Road) with his parents William Gibbins, 57, a railway guard born in Sussex, and Charlotte Gibbins, 47, also born in Sussex. (The couple had had 5 children, 4 of whom survived.) Frank's occupation is listed as railway porter. His brother Reginald Gibbins, 20, was a printer, and his sister Gertrude Gibbins, 16, was a domestic servant. The youngest, Horace Gibbins, at 12, was still at school. The children are listed as born in London. |
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