Gibbs, Charles Victor: Service no. 745997

Digitized Service Records

Source: Kiss the kids of dad, don’t forget to write. The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18. Page 137.

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Family Search: When Charles Victor Gibbs was born on 30 November 1889, in Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada, his father, Richard James Gibbs, was 34 and his mother, Agnes Botley, was 33. He married Marie Benest on 31 August 1910, in Niagara, New York, United States. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1889 and Ontario, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 18 February 1970, in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mount Lawn Memorial Park, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Bother of Private James Gibbs, reg. no. 746001.

This man may have lied about his age. His gravestone shows his birth year as 1888.

Reg number	745997
Name	Gibbs, Charles Victor
Rank	Lance Corporal
Year of Birth	3/12/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Newtonville, Durham County, ON
Address	Cedardale, East Whitby ON
Enlistment Date	12/30/1915
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Oshawa
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit	34th Regiment
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	12/30/1915
Left 116th	10/10/1916
Married	Yes
Occupation	Moulder
Wounded date	6/3/1918
Wound type/Death particuolars	GSW Left Leg – shell- arras GSW Left Hand May 13, 1917
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th Bn
Other details	Appt L Corp, 675856 JR Thompson-wounded, invalided to England
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description