2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (British Army)
Died:
04/09/1914 (Killed in Action)
Age:
27
Summary
George Alexander Gibson was the son of James and Esther Gibson. George Gibson was born in Bootle, Lancashire about 1887. George was married to Helen McCarroll Gibson. George Gibson enlisted in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was living in Bellaghy at the time. Private George Gibson was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders when he was killed in action in France on 4th September 1914. He was 27 years old.
Further Information
George Alexander Gibson was the son of James and Esther Gibson.
George Gibson was born in Bootle, Lancashire about 1887.
George was married to Helen McCarroll Gibson.
George Gibson was a well-known Scottish footballer.
George Gibson enlisted in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
He and his wife lived in Ballymacombs, Bellaghy at the time.
Private George Gibson was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders when he was killed in action in France on 4th September 1914. He was 27 years old.
In August 1915, the War Office now notified Mrs Gibson that an exchanged prisoner, Major Kelly, a doctor with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attended Private Gibson for a wound in the spine in a camp for wounded British soldiers in Germany.
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 28th August 1915:
Among those reported missing after Mons and unheard of since was Private George Gibson, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, whose wife resides at Ballymacombs, Bellaghy. The War Office now notifies Mrs Gibson that an exchanged prisoner, Major Kelly, R.A.M..C., reports having attended Private Gibson for a wound in the spine in a camp for wounded British soldiers in Germany. Gibson is a well-known Scottish footballer.
Private George Gibson is buried in Le Cateau Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
The CWGC record Private George Alexander Gibson as the son of James and Esther Gibson, of 71 Chancellor Street, Partick, Glasgow. He is also recorded as the husband of Helen McCarroll Gibson.
