Military service
Service number:
639413
Age:
27
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
February 20, 1890
London, England
Enlistment:
December 21, 1915
Brookville, Ontario
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of George and Mary Gibbins; husband of Emma Jane Gibbins, of Gananoque, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal William Henry Gibbins
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Family photo
Harry Gibbins and his wife, Emma Jane, and their two children, George and Marjorie. -
Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
William H. Gibbins is honoured on page 85 and 86 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Memorial Page 2
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Memorial
Corporal William Henry Gibbins' name appears on the Gananoque Ontario War Memorial. -
Family photo
Gibbins Family. Harry (William Henry) Gibbins seated, left. His brother, Ellis, who was killed August 8, 1918, is standing, left. -
Photo of wife and children
Emma Jane Gibbins and children, George, Marjorie and baby Elsie May, who was born after her father went overseas. She died in 1921. -
Photo of William Gibbins
Photo of Pte. W. Harry Gibbins and son George. -
Inscription
Corporal William Henry Gibbins Menin Gate Memorial -
Inscription
Gibbins family grave marker at Gananoque Cemetery. -
World War I Memorial
Christ (Anglican) Church, Gananoque, ON -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Certificate of service
Certificate of Service - W. H. Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Henry Gibbins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 243 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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