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Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Gibson, of 19, Dunton St. Leicester, England. Husband of Lillian M. Gibson, of 12, Rydal St., Leicester.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Gibson
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Gibson
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Gibson
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 414 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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