Detail victim

Name GIBSON
Initials GI
First name GRIFFITHS IFOR
Place of birth Pontypridd
Country Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Family Only Son of Frederic and Mary May Gibson, of 22, Llantwit Rd., Treforest, Glam.
Education Colston School, Stapleton
Profession architect

Place & date of enlistment August 1914
Rank Second Lieutenant
Regiment and unit 6th Squadron Royal Air Force (Flying Corps)
Division - Brigade 69th Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 23rd Division
National force B.E.F.
Attached or transferred from 11th - Bn. - West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Other data related to military career Enlisted with the 5th Bn. Welsh Regiment; Gallipoli; Suvla Bay; wounded in the chest; on recovery joined Recruiting Staff; RFC, June 1916

Wounded 10 August; artillery patrol with RE8 A4293, left 6.15 p.m.; combat, attacked by nine Albatross Scouts; shot up, damaged, landing aerodrome; the pilot, Lt Pickett survived after having crash-landed on Abeele aerodrome;
Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds on chest and right leg at n°3 Can CCS
Date of death 12 August 1917
Died at the age of 22
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XV - A - 14