Hugh Gibson
Rank: Private
Service No: S/20207
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 08/03/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders (1st Bn.)
Cemetery: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, 5 Barnflat Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Margaret Gibson.
1901 census information:
Address: 58 Norman Street, Bridgeton.
Father: Samuel (41) general labourer, born about 1860 in Ireland.
Mother: Sarah (39) born about 1862 in Johnstone.
Brother: James (18) general labourer, born about 1883 in Glasgow.
Brother: William (16) general labourer, born about 1885 in Glasgow.
Sister: Elizabeth (14) cotton spinner, born about 1887 in Glasgow.
Brother: Joseph (12) born about 1889 in Glasgow.
Self: Hugh (10) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
Brother: George (4) born about 1897 in Glasgow.
Brother: Thomas (1) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Samuel 57, Sarah 50, Lizzie 24, Joseph 22, Hugh 19, George 14, Thomas 11 and Sarah 7.
Newspaper transcript – Mr and Mrs Gibson, 5 Barnflat Street, Rutherglen have received official word that their son, Private Hugh Gibson, Cameron Highlanders, attached to the Royal Engineers, has been killed in action. Prior to enlisting at the beginning of August, 1915, Private Gibson, who was 25 years of age, was employed at the North British Locomotive Works.
Newspaper transcript – Gibson. – In loving memory of our dear son, Private Hugh Gibson, Cameron Highlanders, killed in France, 8th March 1916, also our dear son James Gibson, who died in Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, 30th July, 1917.
God knows how much we miss them,
And He counts the tears we shed.
And whispers, Hush, they only sleep –
Your loved ones are not dead.
– Inserted by their Father and Mother, 5 Barnflat Street, Rutherglen.