Name
H James Gilbert
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
The Parish Magazine of October 1915 records James as ‘indirectly connected to Pirton’.
A search of the parish and census records does not identify any possible men. However, marriage records do show that members of the Gilbert family were in Pirton in 1908, i.e. William Henry Gilbert of Maidstone married Kate French of Pirton. William’s father is recorded as Henry John Gilbert. Perhaps William settled in Pirton and James was related to him. However, this theory seems to be unlikely to be correct as William Gilbert was Brenda Dawson’s uncle. Brenda (now deceased) had a detailed knowledge of her family history and she was unaware of James.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission.
