Private J Gibbins Royal Warwickshire Regiment

[Guest]

Hi all,

 

Been trying to find my Grandads uncle for him but have had no luck so far.

 

The only details we have is 

Private J (May be John) Gibbins 

Regiment - Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Date of death - 20/02/1918

Apparently he's buried in St Sever Cemetery but they don't seem to have a record of him when I look on the Commonwealth graves site?

 

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks!

[horatio2]

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/517734/gibbins,-/

[Guest]

Thank you! Would you know any sites that pictures of the graves perhaps?

[Langdon]

Welcome to the Forum.

You could try the War Graves Photographic Project here

 

This is his entry in the Soldiers Died in the Great War records on Ancestry:

Name:John Gibbins

Birth Place:Aston, Birmingham

Residence:Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks

Death Date:20 Feb 1918

Death Place:France and Flanders

Enlistment Place:Warwick

Rank:Private

Regiment:Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Battalion:1st 5th Battalion-Territorial

Regimental Number:201772

Type of Casualty:Died

Theatre of War:Western European Theatre

 

I can't see any surviving service record for him.

 

Mike

[clk]

Hi,

 

In the first instance I'd try the good folk at British War Graves here. Their site says that they have photos of most of the graves in the cemetery. If they've got one, they will send you a decent resolution digital copy on a free of charge basis.

 

Regards

Chris