Source: Regimental Rouge Web Site.
Family Search: Private Edward Alfred Gibbs was born on 12 May 1876, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 1 daughter with Alice Greaves. He immigrated to London, Ontario, Canada in 1914 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as moulder at beatty brother’s factory in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 18 September 1916, in Puchevillers, Somme, Picardie, France, at the age of 40, and was buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Somme, Picardie, France.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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