Claro Times – 6th March 1915
Photo – Mr A L Gibson, of Ripon Road,
Harrogate, who has been granted a commission after enlisting as a
Private.
Claro Times – 6th March 1915
Mr Arthur Lionel Gibson, elder son of Mr
and Mrs J Gibson, Winterton, Ripon Road, has been granted a
commission in the 7th (Duke of Wellington's) West Riding Regiment,
now stationed at Doncaster, and will take up his duties immediately.
Early in September he joined the 1st West Riding Field Ambulance as
a Private. His parents are prominent members of the Congregational
Church, and Mr Gibson has recently retired from the presidency of
the Sunday School Union.
Simultaneous with the above announcement comes that
of the new Lieutenants engagement to Miss Gertrude Constance
Webster, younger daughter of Mr J W Webster, Hill Crest, Upper
Armley, Leeds.
Ackrills 1915/91
Lt Gibson, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Gibson,
of Winterton, Ripon Road, Harrogate.
Harrogate Herald - 30th June 1915
Lieutenant Gibson, of the 7th West Riding
Duke of Wellington's Regiment, is a son of Mrs Gibson, of
Ripon Road, Harrogate. Lieutenant Clubb was gazetted to the 2/5th
West Yorks Regiment in September, and is the son of Mrs Clubb, of
Rydal, Kent Road, Harrogate. Second Lieutenant D H Drake is a son of
Mr Fred Drake, West End Avenue, and the town cricketer and Harrogate
Old Boys' forward. He received a commission in the 10th
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Claro Times - 13th August 1915
Photo - News has been received of the death in
action of Mr A L Gibson, of Harrogate, who enlisted as a
private and afterwards received a commission.
Claro Times - 13th August 1915
Deep sympathy will be felt with Mr and Mrs Joseph
Gibson, of Winterton, 33 Ripon Road, Harrogate, in their sad
bereavement in the death at the Front of their son, Second
Lieutenant Arthur Lionel Gibson, B Company, 7th Battalion, Duke
of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.
The first intimation was received on Tuesday
evening, in the shape of a telegram from the War Office, which
stated that Second Lieutenant Gibson was killed in action on
August 8th.
A letter was received on Wednesday from a
fellow-officer of Lieutenant Gibson's, who expressed his deep
sympathy with Mr and Mrs Gibson in the loss which they had
sustained. He had always been most popular, he stated, and was a
great favourite not only in his company, but in the whole battalion.
He was almost worshipped by his men, the writer added.
The deceased officer joined the 1st West Riding
Field Ambulance in September, as a Private, but in March was given a
commission in the 7th Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. He
went to the Front in April.
Before enlisting, he was employed at Messrs John V
Godwin and Company, Bradford, and was very well-known in Harrogate,
where his loss will be very deeply felt by a large circle of
friends. He was a popular member and player with the Harrogate Old
Boys Football Club.
SDGW
7th Battalion (Territorial), Duke of Wellington's
(West Riding Regiment)
Second Lieutenant Arthur Lionel Gibson
Died : 8th August 1915
KIA
CWGC
In Memory of
ARTHUR LIONEL GIBSON
Second Lieutenant 1st 7th Bn., Duke of Wellington's
(West Riding Regt.) who died on Sunday, 8th August 1915. Age 24.
Additional Information:
Son of Joseph and Mabel Gibson, of "Winterton,"
33, Ripon Rd., Harrogate.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
COLNE VALLEY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium
Grave Reference/Panel Number:
D. 5.
Harrogate Herald – 5th May 1920
Wednesday Gossip
There was a solemn dedication by the Vicar of St Luke's of a
solid silver pence box as a war memorial to the members of the
Harrogate Branch of the United Kingdom Commercial Travellers'
Association at the George Hotel on Saturday night. The names of the
fallen on the urn were Second Lieutenant A L Gibson and
Gunner J Clelland, both of whom were members, and among the names of
the 22 members who served were those of the Hon. E Wood, MP, and
Major A B Boyd Carpenter, MP, who are vice-presidents. In dedicating
the urn, the Rev S T Dawson, who was subsequently referred to as
their "chaplain", attributed the qualities of courage,
sympathy, and self-sacrifice to the memorial which is to receive
"pence" for the support of the Association's charitable
work. On the urn was inscribed the words – "Schools and
Benevolent Pence Box, UKCTS, Harrogate Branch".
