1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
31/01/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
22
Summary
George Gribbon was born in Dalzell, Motherwell, Lanark about 1895. The 1911 census lists a 16 year old George Gribbon, working as a servant for the Wilson family in Ballydugennan, south east of Toome. Other newspaper reports suggest George Gribbon also lived in the Brecart, just east of Toome. George enlisted in Hamilton, Scotland. Private George Gribbon was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France & Flanders on 31st January 1917.
Further Information
George Gribbon was born in Dalzell, Motherwell, Lanark about 1895.
The 1911 census lists a 16 year old George Gribbon, age 16, working as a servant for the Wilson family at house 1 in Ballydugennan, Cargin, County Antrim. He was born in Scotland. Ballydugennan lies south east of Toome.
Other newspaper reports suggest George Gribbon also lived in the Brecart, just east of Toome.
George enlisted in Hamilton, Scotland.
Private George Gribbon was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France & Flanders on 31st January 1917.
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 24th April 1917:
Private George Gribben, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Toomebridge, killed in action.
Private George Gribbon has no known grave and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.
