LEST WE FORGET 137 GIBBONS, Frederick Dickinson WWI Private Frederick Dickinson Gibbons was born in Nettleham, Lincolnshire, England on August 6, 1881. His father was Edward Gibbons. Frederick immigrated to Canada, arriving aboard the Corinthian on January 8, 1905. He applied for a homestead in Saskatchewan on May 1, 1905. He married Ruby Alberta Mann from Davidson, and they had a son Albin born in 1907. Prior to his enlistment and his marriage, Gibbons had served with the No. 9 Imperial Yeoman Squadron in the South African War. He and his family were living in Elbow when he enlisted with the 128th Overseas Battalion on December 4, 1915. His total service with the CEF in England, France and Belgium was 613 days, 77 of them spent in France fighting with the famous 46th Battalion. Gibbons was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal on March 12, 1919. His initial plans after the war were to work with the Military Police, but instead he moved to Elbow where he farmed until his death on November 8, 1927. His wife Ruby, who passed away in 1960, is buried beside him in the Elbow Cemetery. GIBSON, Wallace Robert WWI Wallace was born on June 9, 1891, to Joseph and Harriet Louise (Tanner) Gibson in Millbank, Perth County, Ontario. In 1906, his family moved to Virden, Manitoba and he completed his education in Virden. He purchased a hardware store in Rocanville and owned it until he enlisted in 1916. He enlisted at Camp Hughes on June 19, 1916, with the 103rd Battalion going overseas on October 4, 1916. He went to France with the 107th Battalion and saw service at Vimy Ridge, Arleux, and Fresnoy, and held the rank of Captain at Hill 70. On July 28, 1917, he received a gunshot wound to the right chest at Loos and was awarded a Military Cross on February 1, 1918 (London Gazette 30450). He was in the Last Hundred Days with the 1st Battalion, Amiens, Arras, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes, and Mons, then in Germany with the Army of Occupation. He was made a Major at Valenciennes and returned to Canada in May 1919. On his return from military service, he was in partnership in a hardware store in Virden. He married Mabel Elizabeth Box in 1926 in Virden and had two daughters and a son. Wallace was active in the community serving on Town Council, Board of Trade, Hospital Board, as well as the Masonic Lodge. As a GM salesman, Wallace was transferred to a high position at Port Arthur, Ontario. He retired to Victoria, BC and after his wife passed away in 1971, he remarried Gladys Leyden. Captain Gibson passed away on May 23, 1973 in Victoria and he is interred in Banff, Alberta.
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