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. - . 1915
to 27 May 1918 - Lt Colonel Bertrand
Dees Gibson
 Lt
Col Gibson joined the old
1st Volunteer Battalion in 1900, and after
passing through the
Musketry Course at Hythe, was appointed Musketry
Instructor to the Battalion. In 1906, he became
Hon. Secretary to the Northumberland Rifle
Association. He obtained his majority in 1914,
and went to the front with his Battalion in
1915, where he speedily rose to the command
of the Battalion as Lieut
Col., a position he held for nearly three
years. He was invalided home last winter suffering
from neuritis but returned to the front last
April, and was killed leading his men on the 27th
May last. His Brigadier General writes;
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" He was the bravest of the brave and
a soldier in whom I had complete confidence, and
I have seldom met a man with more commanding power,
greater determination or self confidence."
To his widow and children we beg to tender our
sincerest sympathy. (St
Georges Gazette - 31st May 1918).
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