Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Wilbert Samuel Gibbs
In memory of:
Private Wilbert Samuel Gibbs
September 30, 1918
Cambrai, France
Military Service
805617
35
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
75th Bn.
Additional Information
July 11, 1883
Hope Township, Ontario
March 20, 1916
Port Hope, Ontario
Spouse of Amy and father of Edith, Burt, Amy and Georgina Gibbs of Port Hope, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 414 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CANTIMPRE CANADIAN CEMETERY
Nord, France
B. 23.
The route to the Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery is signposted from the D939 at Raillencourt and is located 1 kilometre north of Sailly on the D140 on the left hand side of the road towards Sancourt. Sailly is a village in the Department of the Nord approximately 3 kilometres north-west of Cambrai just to the north of the main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). The "Marcoing Line," one of the German defence systems before Cambrai, ran from Marcoing Northward through Sailly to the West of Cantimpre and the East of the village of Haynecourt. The Cemetery at Cantimpre was originally called the Marcoing Line British Cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of Wilbert Gibbs – Book of Remembrance (A record of the men of Port Hope who participated in the Great War of 1914-1918)" by James A. Elliott, Chairman of Committee, Port Hope, Jan 1, 1919 (Transcribed by Peter Bolton 2001)
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