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Whlr S/Sgt. Gibbs, Thomas John Rees

Wheeler Staff Sergeant

Date of Birth: 27/4/1872, Swansea
Occupation: Carpenter & Joiner
Enlisted - Date: Form

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 27/4/1872, Swansea. Parents - John & Ann. Dads occ-Plasterer

- Bapt 19 Jul7 1872, St Mary, Swansea. DOB 27/4/1872

1878 - Adm Oxford Street School, Swansea (Infants), 20 Feb, DOB 27/4/1872. Add-Madoc St

1881 - 1 Madoc St, Swansea. 9yo. Scholar. W parents & younger sis

1891 - 1 Madoc St, Swansea. 19yo. Occ-Joiners Apprentice. W widowed mother & younger sis

1896 - Married Gertrude Jessie Furneaux, Q3 Swansea

1901 - 52 William St, Swansea. 28yo. Occ-Carpenter & Joiner. W wife, Jessie & 3 children

1911 - 121 Norfolk St, Swansea. 38yo. Occ-General Foreman, General Building Worker. W wife, Harold Rees (1898), Wilfred (1900), Harry Ivor (1904), Beatrice (1905) & John Ralph (1910)

1918 - Elec Reg. 8 Mayhill. Not abs voter

1921 - 8 Parade, Mayhill. 49y1m. Occ-Timber Merchant & Sawmiller, FH Whitford Ltd, Director & Manager of Sawmill. W wife Gertrude Jessie, 5x sons & 1x daughter

1928 - Western Mail 29 Nov: "Mr TJR Gibbs was elected chairman of the Swansea Boy Scouts Association"

"Late Mrs TJR Gibbs, Funeral at Sketty. The funeral of the late Mrs Jessie Gibbs of "The Gables", Mayhill, wife of Mr TJR Gibbs, builder, formerly superintendent of works and buildings at the Swansea Corporation architects department too place on Thursday at Sketty..... Widespread sympathy is expressed for Mr Gibbs in his sudden bereavement, especially as his recently married only daughter leaves at once for Mexico.

Among the bearers were two old comrades of Mr Gibbs - QMS J Edwards and Sergt W Chamberlain of the 1st Welsh Howitzer Brigade."

Herald, 8 March 1930.

1939 - 8 Nicander Parade, Swansea. DOB 27/4/1872. Occ-Builders Master. Widower. CMS, 1st Glam RGA and Staff Sergeant Wheeler, 1st Welsh Howitzer..

1941 - Died aged 69, 27 April 1941 at The Tawe Lodge Infirmary, Swansea. Add-9 Nicander Place, Swansea. Effects to Harold Rees Gibbs and Henry Ivor Gibbs

Address:
Swansea

Military Service

No SR

1st Glamorgan RGA (Vols)

Enl UK. No 453

Date unknown - Awarded Volunteer Long Service Medal

1908 - Feb. Glam Artillery Dance. Col-Sergt Major TJR Gibbs

1908 - Feb. Volunteer Dance, 1st Glamorgan Artillery Regimental Ball.... CSM TJR Gibbs....

1st Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade

1908 - Orders for 1908 Summer Camp, 16 July 1908. 4 SERGTS MESS - The undermentioned NCOs will form the Sergeants Mess Committee during Annual Training in Camp this year... BSM Gibbs T...

1909 - I Jan 1909, Awarded Volunteer Long Service Medal, 453, Coy Sgt Maj T Gibbs, 1st Glamorganshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)

1914 - Annual dinner - Ex Staff-Sergeant Wheeler Gibbs

Sources: (NEWS)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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