9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
Frederick James Gibson was the son of William and Martha Gibson. Frederick was born about 1896 in Fermanagh. The 1901 census records 5 year old Fred Jas Gibson living with family.at Srahenny Ballycassidy, Fermanagh. Fred’s father William was a coachman. By 1911 the family had moved again. Fred was still living with the family, now Derrykintone, Caledon, Tyrone. Fred was now a 15 year old shop assistant. Private Frederick James Gibson was with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action at the Somme on 1st July 1916, age 21.
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
