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John Walls Gibson1,2

ID#37671, (21 April 1917 - 2 November 1942)
John Walls Gibson|b. 21 Apr 1917\nd. 2 Nov 1942|p37671.htm|Andrew Gibson|b. 14 Apr 1884\nd. 9 Jan 1960||Jessie McGlashan|b. cir. 1885\nd. 20 Jul 1962||John W. Gibson|b. 28 Oct 1854\nd. 11 Apr 1923||Beatrice T. Wight|b. 14 Dec 1856\nd. 15 Jul 1935|p1382.htm|John McGlashan|b. bef. 1865\nd. aft. 1913||Christian MacFarlane|b. bef. 1865\nd. bef. 1913||
FatherAndrew Gibson3 b. 14 Apr 1884, d. 9 Jan 1960
MotherJessie McGlashan3 b. cir. 1885, d. 20 Jul 1962
ChartsRUNCIMAN
SINTON
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Lorna Henderson.
     
     John Walls Gibson was born on 21 Apr 1917 at 58 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh, MLN, SCT, cert. reads: John Walls Gibson, s/o Andrew, engineering draughtsman of Stoneyrig, Kirknewton, Midlothian (now West Lothian) and Jessie m.s. McGlashan who married 23 Aug 1913.4,2
     John Walls Gibson died on 2 Nov 1942 in the Western Desert, EGY, at age 25; Killed in action, 25, MB, Lt (W.S./Capt) Royal Army Medical Corps, born SCT.2 He was buried in El Alamein War Cem., EGY.3
     John Walls Gibson was in military service bef. 1942 Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, secondary reg. Durham Light Infantry, attd 6th Bn, service no. 161597.3 He and John Walls Gibson were related as uncle and nephew, which relationship was expected, given the exact same names and the connection of the younger John with Uphall, where the elder John's brother was in 1935 as informant for their mother's death.2,5
Last Edited23 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. Grave ref XXIII F 17.
  2. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Dth 1942 John Walls GIBSON, transcr. Robert McC, Apr 2004.
  3. C'Wealth War Graves, online at http://www.cwgc.org.uk/register/register.html, GIBSON 1942, searched Apr 2004.
  4. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth 1917 John Walls GIBSON, transcr. Robert McC Jul 2005.
  5. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Jul 2005.

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