Stanley Gibson (c.1893-1919)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- GIBSON, STANLEY. Private. No 59009. 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Son of Alfred and Sarah Ann Gibson, 2 Hawthorne Terrace, Crosland Moor. Employed as a warehouse clerk by Messrs Crowther Brothers of Milnsbridge. Enlisted 4.3.1916. Wounded in March, 1918. Died of pneumonia following upon influenza in Germany on 13.2.1919, aged 25 years. Buried COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, GERMANY. Grave location:- Plot 12, Row A, Grave 12.
- ROH:- Milton Independent Church; St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private GIBSON
- regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- died: Thursday, February 13, 1919
- age: 25 years
- record ID: 901559
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #901559)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #1343632)
- St. Barnabas Church Roll of Honour — see PDF #3