Every Name a Story

R. Gibson 1917
Rank : Private

Cowpen and Crofton

Richard  Gibson

Every Name a Story

In Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, is the Commonwealth War Grave of G/52506 Private Richard Gibson, serving with the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, who died 16/08/1917.

Morpeth Herald 26/10/1917 carries the following:
Private Richard Gibson, Middlesex Regiment, whose wife and family reside at 8 Woods Street, Crofton, is reported missing since August 16th.

He is not remembered on any memorial at Cowpen and Crofton but there is a R. Gibson at Blyth on B42.24 and a Richard Gibson at New Delaval on N51.02

First Name: Richard

Last Name: Gibson

Service Number: G/52506

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 16/08/1917

Rank: Private

Regiment: Middlesex Regiment

Served in: Army

Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion

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Northumberland

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Blyth Valley

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Cowpen and Crofton
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