South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| Home | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Warwick Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 22 May 1915 in France | ~ | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
| Warwick All Saints | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| Killed in flying accident | August 1914 in Warwick? | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| Winterbourne Monkton, Wilts | 2nd Lt 1st Bn Herefordshire Regiment | Hereford White Cross War Memorial |
| Pvt 15918 5th Bn Shropshire Light Infantry |
Military History
- Aug 1914 - Enlisted as Private 15918 Shropshire Light Infantry
- 24 Dec 1915 - Commissioned to 2nd Lt in Hereforeshire Regiment (Gazette)
- 4 Sep 1916 - Transferred to Royal Flying Corps
Circumstances of Death
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Gilbert is listed as being killed in a flying accident on 12 Aug 1917. The R Cawsey flying accident website states that Gilbert was killed when the D.H.6 aeroplane he was in fell into a spinning nose dive at 1500ft and crashed near Winterbourne Monkton, Wilts. Also killed in the crash was Lt William E. Tate. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 14 Sep 1892 in Handsworth | 18 Dec 1892 at Holy Trinity, Birchfield |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Emma and William Pettigrew | 17 Wharf Street, Warwick |
| Wife and Marriage Details | Children |
| Alice Frances Pettigrew nee Boswell | Marion Gwendolyn born 1917 |
| Jan Qtr 1916 in Warwick District | |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Warwick School | ~ |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1892 - 238 Heathfield Road, Birchfield | 1901 - Scholar |
| 1901 - 99 Saltisford, Warwick | 1911 - Journalist |
| 1911 - 7 Waverley Terrace, Saltisford | 1912 - Private Secretary to Minister of Public Works, Manitoba |
| 1914 - Lee Road, Aldeburgh | 1914 - Journalist |
- Gilbert spent time in Canada between 1911 and 1914 where he worked as a journalist and Private Secretary to Minister of Public Works, Manitoba
- Gilbert worked on the Winnipeg Telegram and Montreal Daily Mail
- Was a Scoutmaster in Warwick
- Gilbert returned to the UK in June 1914 when he went to work for a newspaper in Aldeburgh, Norfolk
- Warwick War Memorial Project Biography
