71864 Captain Edgar Ballantyne Scott GIBSON, 17 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery: 09/08/1943

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GIBSON, EDGAR BALLANTYNE SCOTT
Rank: Captain Service No: 71864
Date of Death: 09/08/1943
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 17 Field Regt.
Grave Reference II. J. 40.
Cemetery CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Additional Information:
Son of Capt. Gideon James Gibson, R.A., and of Margaret Merry Gibson (nee Forrester), of Edinburgh. B.A. (Cantab.).
His brothers Alexander and William Henry also died on service.
Personal Inscription ONE OF THREE BROTHERS WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN FRANCE, BURMA, SICILY

117362 Captain Alexander GIBSON, 1 Cameronians: 24/07/1942
117363 2/Lt William Henry GIBSON, 2 Cameronians: 08/06/1940

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Captain Edgar Ballantyne Scott Gibson

Captain Gibson, 12th Field Regiment, The Royal Artillery, was born on 7th September 1916, and at Loretto from May 1930 to July 1934. He was in the VI Form. From School he went to Magdalene College, Cambridge, and took his degree in History. Then, after a course of training at Larkhill, he obtained a commission in the Regular Army (cavalry) in 1937, but later transferred to the Royal Artillery, and reached the rank of captain in the 12th Field Regiment. In 1943 he took part in the invasion of Sicily, and was killed in action at Bronte on 9th August of that year. He is buried in the Catania military cemetery.

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