Name
Alfred Arthur Gibbs
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/09/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
394942
London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
9th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
S. II. D. 17.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Bushey Town Memorial, St James’ Church Memorial, Bushey
Pre War
Alfred Arthur Gibbs was born in Stanmore, Middlesex in 1899, the son of Alfred and Charlotte Gibbs, and was baptised at St Lawrence Church, Little Stanmore, St Lawrence Close, Harrow.
In 1911 he was living with relatives William and Mary Norwood at 102 School Lane, Bushey, Herts. Alfred was described as 'cousin' and another cousin, Ellen Lanser Wells who was two years older was also living with them.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford and served as a Rifleman with the London Regiment, 9th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles).
Alfred died of wounds on 27 September 1918 at the 5th General Hospital, France. and is buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Additional Information
His 'foster mother' Mrs Mary Norwood received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £3 19s 9d. Pension records have been found with Mrs Mary Norwood as Dependant but do not show if any pension was paid.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Bushey First World War Commemoration Project, Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk,
Jonty Wild,
