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Military service
Service number:
J/24002
Age:
32
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
196 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 21, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
26. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of Clement Spencer Gibbs and Charlotte Cecilia Gibbs; husband of Violet Gibbs, of Burks Falls, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
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Photo of REGINALD CUTHBERT GIBBS
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Attestation paper
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Letter
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Letter
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Reginald Gibbs
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Arch West
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers' Tower in 1949. The name of "F/O R.C. GIBBS R.C.A.F." is among the names inscribed. -
Memorial Stele
This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "R.C. GIBBS" is among those inscribed. -
Memorial Scroll
This framed illuminated scroll, written in calligraphy, is entitled "Men and Women of Trinity College on Active Service. Met'Agona Stephanos". It hangs in the hallway outside the narthex of the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. Small symbols beside the names indicate men and women who are fallen, decorated, and prisoner of war. The list of names includes: '35 Gibbs, R.C. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial
The Soldiers' Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower's base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers' Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 23 reads: "F/O Reginald Cuthbert GIBBS RCAF, 196 Sqn RAF. Former student Trinity College, 1931-34. Shot down after air operations at Arnhem and was taken prisoner of war. Later reported as died while a P.O.W., 21 September 1944. Buried in the Airborne Cemetery at Arnhem, Holland." -
Memorial Room
Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Grave marker
F/O Gibbs' gravestone at Arnhem (Oosterveek) War Cemetery, Netherlands
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 315 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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