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Richard Collins Gibbons

Male 1895 - 1916  (21 years)


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  • Name Richard Collins Gibbons 
    Born 6 Aug 1895  Musker Lane, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 18 Sep 1895  St Matthias, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Farm servant, soldier Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 4 Sep 1916  The Somme Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried UK/Commonwealth War Graves, France (Somme) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I61743  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Father Peter Gibbons,   b. 1871, Lathom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catherine Collins,   b. 1875, Astley Green, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900, Halsall Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 19 Jun 1897  St Nicholas, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F03218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Born before parents married. Richard Collins Gibbins in GRO birth record, with Collins struck through - no father named, registered 11.9.1895 Ormskirk.
      Baptised as Richard Gibbons, son of Peter and Catherine Collins.
      Lance Corporal Richard Collins Gibbons, 14749, 12th Bn The King's Liverpool Regt, in War Graves records (Ancestry). On Thiepval and Halsall, War Memorials.

  • Sources 
    1. [S242709] 1939 Census.

    2. [S010051] LDS parish records.



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