WILLIAM SHERGOLD GIBBONS 1892-1918
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Brother of my grandmother Lilian Taylor (nee Gibbons) Gunner 291251
19th Heavy Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery who died on Thursday 28 November 1918. Age 26

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"Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?"

.......................William Shergold Gibbons as a Policeman in Bristol

Location:

Montecchio Precalcino is a town in the Province of Vicenza, 4 kilometres north of Dueville and 16.8 kilometres north of the town of Vicenza. Take the autostrada A31, Vicenza Schio, and leave it at Dueville. Follow the signs for Montecchio Precalcino. On arriving in the village a CWGC sign will be seen.

Visiting Information:This is a steeply terraced cemetery within the civil cemetery. The cemetery is always kept open. Historical Information:

The Italians entered the war on the Allied side, declaring war on Austria, in May 1915. Commonwealth forces were at the Italian front between November 1917 and November 1918, and rest camps and medical units were established at various locations in northern Italy behind the front, some of them remaining until 1919. Between April 1918 and February 1919 those who died from wounds or disease in the 9th, 24th and 39th Casualty Clearing Stations were buried either here or at Dueville. Certain graves were brought in after the Armistice from other burial grounds in the area. Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension contains 439 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

My grandfather (Sidney George Taylor) was the last of the family to see gt uncle William Gibbons alive in Italy. Above is a postcard expressing his commiseration to his future wife Lillian Gibbons on the death of her brother.

William lived in Bristol and was married as first husband of Amy Gibbons (nee Taylor) There were I believe three children, all of whom died young. William in civilian life was a policeman.

Amy who lived in Fishponds, Bristol had a son by her second marriage. According to a family story he once flew an aircraft under the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol