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A fine ‘Gallipoli’ casualty British War Medal awarded to Sub Lieutenant W. V. Gilbert, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action at Gallipoli by a sniper’s bullet in a front line trench on 4 June 1915
British War Medal 1914-20 (S.Lt. W. V. Gilbert. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine
The British War Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant G. G. Gilbert, The Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Salonika on 18 March 1918, aged just 18 years
British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. G. G. Gilbert.) extremely fine (2) £140-£180
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Wilfred Valentine Gilbert was born at Abergwynant, Dolgelly, North Wales on 2 March 1889, the son of John Brettell Gilbert of Longfleet House, Poole. He returned from employment with the Rio Tinto Company in Spain at the outbreak of the Great War and was appointed to a commission in the Nelson Battalion of the Royal Naval Division on 7 October 1914.
According to The Roll of Honour 1914-18 by De Ruvigny:
‘He was with the first party to land in Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, and was four times wounded whilst carrying ammunition to the firing line, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, whilst superintending the digging of a trench linking up the firing line of the Naval Division and the 42nd Division, the enemy trench at that time being about 250 yards distant, and about 1,200 yards S.S.W. of Achi Baba... His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Evelegh, wrote of him, and of his brother, Sub-Lieut. Robert Evelyn Gilbert, who was severely wounded: “The loss of these two good officers was a severe blow to the battn. I always said W.V. had a charmed life. He was wounded through the nose on 3rd May. On the 1st June he had a very narrow escape, a large shell bursting within a few yards of him, I am glad to say he was unhurt. On the morning of the 4th June he was shot through the head whilst superintending some work in the firing line. His death was almost instantaneous.”’
Gilbert was subsequently buried behind the trenches occupied by the Nelson Battalion, his memorial service being conducted by Chaplain B. J. Failes. Today he is buried in Skew Bridge Cemetery, Helles, Turkey.
Gilbert Garnet Gilbert was born at Upwey Manor, Dorset, on 5 December 1899, the younger brother of Wilfred Valentine Gilbert. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. on 30 September 1915 and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment on 15 December 1916. Posted to Salonika from 18 January 1917, he transferred to the 9th Battalion, The Royal Lancaster Regiment on 10 May 1917, and was killed in action on 18 March 1918. Aged 18 years, he is buried at Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
A fine ‘Gallipoli’ casualty British War Medal awarded to Sub Lieutenant W. V. Gilbert, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action at Gallipoli by a sniper’s bullet in a front line trench on 4 June 1915
British War Medal 1914-20 (S.Lt. W. V. Gilbert. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine
The British War Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant G. G. Gilbert, The Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Salonika on 18 March 1918, aged just 18 years
British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. G. G. Gilbert.) extremely fine (2) £140-£180
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Wilfred Valentine Gilbert was born at Abergwynant, Dolgelly, North Wales on 2 March 1889, the son of John Brettell Gilbert of Longfleet House, Poole. He returned from employment with the Rio Tinto Company in Spain at the outbreak of the Great War and was appointed to a commission in the Nelson Battalion of the Royal Naval Division on 7 October 1914.
According to The Roll of Honour 1914-18 by De Ruvigny:
‘He was with the first party to land in Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, and was four times wounded whilst carrying ammunition to the firing line, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, whilst superintending the digging of a trench linking up the firing line of the Naval Division and the 42nd Division, the enemy trench at that time being about 250 yards distant, and about 1,200 yards S.S.W. of Achi Baba... His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Evelegh, wrote of him, and of his brother, Sub-Lieut. Robert Evelyn Gilbert, who was severely wounded: “The loss of these two good officers was a severe blow to the battn. I always said W.V. had a charmed life. He was wounded through the nose on 3rd May. On the 1st June he had a very narrow escape, a large shell bursting within a few yards of him, I am glad to say he was unhurt. On the morning of the 4th June he was shot through the head whilst superintending some work in the firing line. His death was almost instantaneous.”’
Gilbert was subsequently buried behind the trenches occupied by the Nelson Battalion, his memorial service being conducted by Chaplain B. J. Failes. Today he is buried in Skew Bridge Cemetery, Helles, Turkey.
Gilbert Garnet Gilbert was born at Upwey Manor, Dorset, on 5 December 1899, the younger brother of Wilfred Valentine Gilbert. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. on 30 September 1915 and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment on 15 December 1916. Posted to Salonika from 18 January 1917, he transferred to the 9th Battalion, The Royal Lancaster Regiment on 10 May 1917, and was killed in action on 18 March 1918. Aged 18 years, he is buried at Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
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A fine ‘Gallipoli’ casualty British War Medal awarded to Sub Lieutenant W. V. Gilbert, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action at Gallipoli by a sniper’s bullet in a front line trench on 4 June 1915
British War Medal 1914-20 (S.Lt. W. V. Gilbert. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine
The British War Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant G. G. Gilbert, The Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Salonika on 18 March 1918, aged just 18 years
British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. G. G. Gilbert.) extremely fine (2) £140-£180
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Wilfred Valentine Gilbert was born at Abergwynant, Dolgelly, North Wales on 2 March 1889, the son of John Brettell Gilbert of Longfleet House, Poole. He returned from employment with the Rio Tinto Company in Spain at the outbreak of the Great War and was appointed to a commission in the Nelson Battalion of the Royal Naval Division on 7 October 1914.
According to The Roll of Honour 1914-18 by De Ruvigny:
‘He was with the first party to land in Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, and was four times wounded whilst carrying ammunition to the firing line, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, whilst superintending the digging of a trench linking up the firing line of the Naval Division and the 42nd Division, the enemy trench at that time being about 250 yards distant, and about 1,200 yards S.S.W. of Achi Baba... His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Evelegh, wrote of him, and of his brother, Sub-Lieut. Robert Evelyn Gilbert, who was severely wounded: “The loss of these two good officers was a severe blow to the battn. I always said W.V. had a charmed life. He was wounded through the nose on 3rd May. On the 1st June he had a very narrow escape, a large shell bursting within a few yards of him, I am glad to say he was unhurt. On the morning of the 4th June he was shot through the head whilst superintending some work in the firing line. His death was almost instantaneous.”’
Gilbert was subsequently buried behind the trenches occupied by the Nelson Battalion, his memorial service being conducted by Chaplain B. J. Failes. Today he is buried in Skew Bridge Cemetery, Helles, Turkey.
Gilbert Garnet Gilbert was born at Upwey Manor, Dorset, on 5 December 1899, the younger brother of Wilfred Valentine Gilbert. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. on 30 September 1915 and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment on 15 December 1916. Posted to Salonika from 18 January 1917, he transferred to the 9th Battalion, The Royal Lancaster Regiment on 10 May 1917, and was killed in action on 18 March 1918. Aged 18 years, he is buried at Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
A fine ‘Gallipoli’ casualty British War Medal awarded to Sub Lieutenant W. V. Gilbert, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action at Gallipoli by a sniper’s bullet in a front line trench on 4 June 1915
British War Medal 1914-20 (S.Lt. W. V. Gilbert. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine
The British War Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant G. G. Gilbert, The Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Salonika on 18 March 1918, aged just 18 years
British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. G. G. Gilbert.) extremely fine (2) £140-£180
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Wilfred Valentine Gilbert was born at Abergwynant, Dolgelly, North Wales on 2 March 1889, the son of John Brettell Gilbert of Longfleet House, Poole. He returned from employment with the Rio Tinto Company in Spain at the outbreak of the Great War and was appointed to a commission in the Nelson Battalion of the Royal Naval Division on 7 October 1914.
According to The Roll of Honour 1914-18 by De Ruvigny:
‘He was with the first party to land in Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, and was four times wounded whilst carrying ammunition to the firing line, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, whilst superintending the digging of a trench linking up the firing line of the Naval Division and the 42nd Division, the enemy trench at that time being about 250 yards distant, and about 1,200 yards S.S.W. of Achi Baba... His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Evelegh, wrote of him, and of his brother, Sub-Lieut. Robert Evelyn Gilbert, who was severely wounded: “The loss of these two good officers was a severe blow to the battn. I always said W.V. had a charmed life. He was wounded through the nose on 3rd May. On the 1st June he had a very narrow escape, a large shell bursting within a few yards of him, I am glad to say he was unhurt. On the morning of the 4th June he was shot through the head whilst superintending some work in the firing line. His death was almost instantaneous.”’
Gilbert was subsequently buried behind the trenches occupied by the Nelson Battalion, his memorial service being conducted by Chaplain B. J. Failes. Today he is buried in Skew Bridge Cemetery, Helles, Turkey.
Gilbert Garnet Gilbert was born at Upwey Manor, Dorset, on 5 December 1899, the younger brother of Wilfred Valentine Gilbert. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. on 30 September 1915 and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment on 15 December 1916. Posted to Salonika from 18 January 1917, he transferred to the 9th Battalion, The Royal Lancaster Regiment on 10 May 1917, and was killed in action on 18 March 1918. Aged 18 years, he is buried at Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
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