Samuel Kemp Gibson MM

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

292206

Unit at enlistment:

222nd Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Awards or decorations:

Military Medal and Bar

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church, Victoria Public School Honour Roll

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Wellington

Birth city:

Guelph, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Waskada, Manitoba

Next of kin address:

Richardson Street, Guelph, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Moulder

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Gallantry medals:

Yes

Letters and documents

London Gazette: 31173
Date: February 11, 1919
Honour or Award: Military Medal
Authority: C.O. 1899, February 11, 1918
Name: Samuel Kemp Gibson (292206)
Unit: 44th Battalion

London Gazette: 31469
Date: July 23, 1919
Honour or Award: Bar to Military Medal
Authority: C.O. 2028, January 9, 1919
Name: Samuel Kemp Gibson (292206)
Unit: 44th Battalion

BX February 11, 1919

Samuel Kemp Gibson Awarded Military Medal

Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson yesterday received the medal which was presented to her son, Sergeant Samuel Kemp Gibson on October 7, 1918 for bravery on the field of battle. Sergeant Samuel Gibson enlisted with the 222nd Battalion, a Manitoba battalion, and on reaching England was transferred to the 44th Battalion. Sergeant Gibson has been wounded three times and wound his stripes on the field. On November 9 just two days before the armistice was signed, Sergeant Gibson was given a bar to his medal.

BX May 17, 1917

Samuel Kemp Gibson Reported Wounded

Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson, Richardson Street today received a yellow message from Ottawa bearing the tidings that her son Private Samuel Kemp Gibson had been admitted to No. 13 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne on May 8 suffering from a gunshot wound in the back. He enlisted with a battalion from Manitoba having been in Western Canada for nine years at Medora, Man., where he was farming. He was a single man.

BX June 13, 1917

Samuel Kemp Gibson Wounded for a Second Time

Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson, 14 Richardson Street, today received a telegram from Ottawa stating that her son, Corporal Samuel Kemp Gibson was wounded on June 6 and admitted to Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich. This is the second time in a very short time that he has been wounded. Corp. Gibson is an old Brantford boy who left here nine years ago to take up farming in the west. He enlisted in February, 1916, at Deloraine, Manitoba, in the 222nd Battalion, and upon reaching England was transferred.

BX August 29, 1918

Samuel Kemp Gibson Wounded for a Third Time

Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson, 14 Richardson Street, received a telegram from Ottawa this morning that her son, Lance Sergeant Samuel Kemp Gibson had been admitted to the 74th General Hospital at Tronville, Aug. 22 suffering from gunshot wound in the left arm. Sergeant Gibson enlisted at Deloraine, Man. in the 222nd Battalion. This makes the third time that he has been wounded.