{"id":17099,"date":"2021-07-31T12:41:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T12:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/?post_type=war_memorials&#038;p=17099"},"modified":"2021-12-15T17:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:04:54","slug":"gilbert-alfred","status":"publish","type":"war_memorials","link":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/war_memorials\/war-memorial-hadleigh-essex\/gilbert-alfred\/","title":{"rendered":"GILBERT &#8211; Alfred Gilbert (1879-1915)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>War Memorial &#8211; Hadleigh, Essex<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The St James The Less church WWI plaque lists <strong>A. GILBERT <\/strong>as having died in <strong>1915<\/strong>, and the memorial plaque names him as <strong>ALFRED GILBERT<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17099 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17099]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial-250x177.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial-250x177.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>The <strong>Commonwealth War Graves Commission<\/strong> states:<\/p>\n<div class=\"casualty-details\" data-id=\"603006\">\n<div class=\"personal\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Private A GILBERT<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Service Number: 16081<\/li>\n<li>Regiment &amp; Unit\/Ship: Essex Regiment, 1st Bn.<\/li>\n<li>Date of Death: Between 01 August 1915 and 31 August 1915<\/li>\n<li>Age 36 years old<\/li>\n<li>Buried or commemorated at TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Sp. Mem. C. 115.<\/li>\n<li>Country of Service:\u00a0 United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Additional Info:\u00a0 Son of Harry and Hortensia Gilbert; husband of Mary R. Gilbert, Albion Rd., Westcliff, Southend-on-Sea.<\/li>\n<li>Personal Inscription:\u00a0 THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Alfred GILBERT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Alfred GILBERT<\/strong> was born 9th Apr <strong>1879<\/strong> in Barningham, Suffolk and was the sixth of nine children born to <strong>Harry GILBERT<\/strong>, a stockman, agricultural labourer and farm bailiff, and <strong>Hortensia JAYE<\/strong>, the daughter of a Carpenter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alfred&#8217;s parents, Harry and Hortensia, married late <strong>1870<\/strong> in the Woodfield district of Suffolk and had nine children between <strong>1871-1888<\/strong>. They moved around Suffolk quite a bit, with their children born in Tuddenham, Rushmere, Stanton, Barningham, Stanton again, and finally Sapiston.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Hortensia Gilbert<\/strong> (31 Jul 1871 &#8211; 4 Jun 1926) ~ married <strong>Jonathan Emmott<\/strong> (1897), a labourer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Eliza Gilbert<\/strong> (3 Mar 1873 &#8211; ?) ~ married <strong>Arthur William Hudson<\/strong> (1893), a foreman tanner<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>William Gilbert<\/strong> (13 Dec 1874 &#8211; 16 Nov 1936) ~ married <strong>Justina Prewer<\/strong> (1897), and <strong>Margaret Myers<\/strong> (1917)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Arthur Gilbert<\/strong> (30 Mar 1876 &#8211; 9 May 1895) ~ died age 19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Letitia Gilbert<\/strong> (28 Sep 1877 &#8211; 31 Dec 1947) ~ married <strong>George Howe<\/strong> (1897), a farm labourer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Alfred Gilbert<\/strong> (9 Apr 1879 &#8211; 6 Aug 1915) ~ married <strong>Mary Rebekah Nunn<\/strong> (1904)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Lizzie Gilbert<\/strong> (17 Apr 1883 &#8211; 13 May 1955) ~ married <strong>Harry Sayers<\/strong> (1908), a porter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Philip James Gilbert<\/strong> (23 Aug 1885 &#8211; 10 Mar 1951) ~ married <strong>Edith Pansy Wright<\/strong> (1911)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Ada Mary Gilbert<\/strong> (23 Feb 1888 &#8211; 03 Jul 1962) ~ married <strong>Wessie Willie Mason<\/strong> (1912), a news vendor, and <strong>Thomas Duffissey<\/strong> (1939), a builder&#8217;s labourer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>At the time they married, Harry was working as a stockman in Tuddenham, Suffolk. Ten years later the family were living in Barningham, Suffolk where he was working as an agricultural labourer. By <strong>1891<\/strong> the family were living in Sapiston, Suffolk and Harry was working as a farm bailiff. The first of their children married in <strong>1893<\/strong> (Eliza), then in <strong>1895<\/strong> tragedy struck when their son Arthur died aged 19. Three more children married in <strong>1897<\/strong> (Hortensia, William and Letitia), and by <strong>1901<\/strong> Harry and Hortensia were living in Bradfield Combust, Suffolk, still working as a farm bailiff. <strong>Arthur<\/strong> was now boarding in Rayleigh, Essex working as a groom. Four years later on 25th Feb <strong>1904<\/strong>, <strong>Arthur<\/strong> married a Hadleigh born girl named <strong>Mary Rebekah NUNN<\/strong> at St James The Less church. Another of Harry and Hortensia&#8217;s children married in <strong>1908<\/strong> (Lizzie), and on the same day the <strong>1911<\/strong> census was taken, their eighth child (Philip) got married. Harry and Hortensia were living in Stanton, Suffolk at this time, where he was working as a farm labourer (age 59), with just their youngest child still at home (Ada, who married the following year).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alfred<\/strong> and <strong>Mary<\/strong> were living at 1 Fairview Villas, Lynton Road, Hadleigh in <strong>1911<\/strong> with their four children, where Alfred was working as a gardener. They had a fifth child in 1912 who very sadly died shortly after his birth.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Alfred Jack Gilbert<\/strong> (01 Oct 1904 &#8211; 8 Mar 1966) ~ <strong>Marion Winifred Sarah Tubbs<\/strong> (1928) ~ foreman electrician and fitter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Amy Hortensia Gilbert<\/strong> (10 Dec 1906 &#8211; 1978) ~ married <strong>Horace Monckton Ling<\/strong> (1946), builders merchant company director<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Eunice Ruth Gilbert<\/strong> (28 Mar 1909 &#8211; 1939) ~ died age 30, unmarried<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Gladys Mary Gilbert<\/strong> (28 Dec 1910 &#8211; 13 Dec 2007) ~ unmarried?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Norman Harry Gilbert <\/strong>(1912 &#8211; 1912) ~ died age 0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Alfred was 25 when war broke out in <strong>1914<\/strong>, and his brothers were 39 and 29. Alfred is the only one I have found military records for. Of his brother-in-laws, two enlisted (Lizzie and Ada&#8217;s husbands), the others most likely being considered too old. Albert enlisted 2nd Dec <strong>1914<\/strong> as a <strong>Private<\/strong> in the <strong>Essex Regiment (1st Battalion)<\/strong>. His brother-in-law Wessie Willie MASON (Ada&#8217;s husband) had already enlisted into the Norfolk Regiment (4th Battalion) on 5th Aug 1914, but was discharged on 2nd Apr 1915 due to sickness. Albert&#8217;s brother-in-law Henry SAYERS (Lizzie&#8217;s husband) enlisted into the King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps as a Rifleman during 1915, and in the May of that year Alfred&#8217;s sister-in-law Justina (William&#8217;s wife) died aged 42.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alfred<\/strong> embarked for the Balkans, heading for <strong>Gallipoli<\/strong> on 10th Jun <strong>1915<\/strong>, and was reported as missing in action barely three months later on <strong>6th Aug 1915<\/strong> during the operations at the Dardanelles. His exact place of death is unknown, with reports of it being both Suvla Bay and Cape Helles (about 24 miles apart). His body was identified and initially buried at Cape Helles, then later reburied at <strong>Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery<\/strong> in Turkey. He was 36 years old, leaving behind his wife Mary and their four children aged 4, 6, 8 and 10. Mary was notified that her husband was missing on 3rd Sep 1915.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-17099 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"650\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gilbert-1915-09-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-11-September-1915.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-17100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gilbert-1915-09-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-11-September-1915.jpg 650w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gilbert-1915-09-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-11-September-1915-250x59.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-17100'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Newsman &#8211; Saturday 11 September 1915\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>Alfred&#8217;s sister Lizzie also lost her husband, Harry SAYER, during the war. He died in Belgium on 15th Apr 1918 aged 33. I don&#8217;t think they had any children and she never remarried. <strong>Mary<\/strong> and her children remained in Hadleigh for a while, but look to have moved to Westcliff-On-Sea in the <strong>1920&#8217;s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred&#8217;s mother Hortensia died in <strong>1922<\/strong> aged 75, followed by his brother-in-law Wessie Willie MASON in <strong>1923<\/strong> age 35 (Ada&#8217;s husband), then his sister Hortensia in <strong>1926<\/strong> aged 54. Alfred and Mary&#8217;s son Alfred Jack married Marion Winifred Sarah TUBBS in <strong>1928<\/strong>, which was shortly followed by the death of Alfred&#8217;s father Harry on 21 Feb <strong>1929<\/strong> aged 77. Both his parents died in Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>1939<\/strong>, <strong>Mary<\/strong> was living in Leigh-On-Sea age 63 (widow), along with daughters <strong>Amy<\/strong> and <strong>Gladys<\/strong>. Son <strong>Alfred<\/strong> now had three daughters with wife Marion and were living in South Benfleet where he worked as a foreman electrician, and daughter <strong>Eunice<\/strong> was a patient in Southend Hospital where died just a few months later aged 30. <strong>Amy<\/strong> married newly widowed Horace Monckton LING in <strong>1946<\/strong> and they had one daughter (he had four from his first marriage). Horace was 12 years Amy&#8217;s senior and had fought during the war with the Royal Army Medical Corps. I&#8217;m not sure <strong>Gladys<\/strong> ever married, or if she had any children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary<\/strong> died in <strong>1964<\/strong> aged 87, followed two years later by son <strong>Alfred<\/strong> on 8th Mar <strong>1966<\/strong> aged 61. <strong>Amy<\/strong> died in <strong>1978<\/strong> aged 71, and <strong>Gladys<\/strong> possibly died in <strong>2007<\/strong> aged 96.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Family Tree<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-17099 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"1034\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gilbert-Family-Tree.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-17315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gilbert-Family-Tree.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gilbert-Family-Tree-250x215.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-17315'>\r\n\t\t\t\tGilbert Family Tree\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Link To Hadleigh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alfred GILBERT married in and raised his family in Hadleigh before enlisting, so his place on the Hadleigh War Memorial is easy to understand.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred GILBERT was born 9th Apr 1879 in Barningham, Suffolk. He enlisted 2nd Dec 1914 as a Private in the Essex Regiment (1st Battalion), and became MIA then confirmed killed on 6th Aug 1915 aged 36. He left behind a wife and four children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":16237,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[195],"tags":[224,200,196,326,325],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/war_memorials\/17099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/war_memorials"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/war_memorials"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17099"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/war_memorials\/16237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}