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Three: Private A. E. Gibbs, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 3 December 1914
1914 Star (8685 Pte. A. E. Gibbs. 1/Shrops: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8685 Pte. H. [sic] E. Gibbs. Shrops. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Edward Gibbs) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240
Albert Edward Gibbs was born in Southwark, London, and attested there for the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1914, and died of wounds on 3 December 1914. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
Sold with copied research. The Medal roll for the recipient’s British War and Victory Medals erroneously gives his first name as Herbert.
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