Name
William Harvey Gilbert
1875
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/10/1919
41
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
206454
Rifle Brigade
24th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOURNE END (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD, NORTHCHURCH
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
IN OUR MEMORY EVER DEAR
UK & Other Memorials
St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted, Not on the Bourne End Memorial
Pre War
William Harvey Gilbert was born in 1875, in Oldford, (Stepney) Middlesex (Poplar registration district).
He married Jessie Boxley in 1901 in Stepney and on the 1911 Census he was living with his wife and children William, John, Leonard and Dorothy at 14-16 Burford Street, Hoddesdon, Herts and working as a Bootmaker. he had an apprentice, William Payne, and boarder Thomas Bosley, who was a Farm labourer.
The address of his widow in 1919 was given as 11 New Street, Berkhamsted, Herts.
Wartime Service
William enlisted on 16 November 1914 and served as a Sergeant in the 24th Home Counties Rifle Brigade. He served in India from 12 February 1916 to 8 July 1917. He returned to England and was discharged in London as sick on 25 October 1917.
He was awarded Silver War Badge No. 255774, which was issued in the United Kingdom and the British Empire to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness from Military Service in World War 1. He died in Berkhamsted on 21 October 1919.
Additional Information
His wife, Mrs J M Gilbert, 11 New Street, Berkhamsted, Herts, ordered his headstone inscription: "IN OUR MEMORY EVER DEAR".
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
