Lewis Archibald “Archie; also recorded as Lewis” Gibson
Captain · #2755331 · G Patrol · MM
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Service number | #2755331 |
| Patrol | G Patrol |
| Regiment | Scots Guards |
| Known as | “Archie; also recorded as Lewis” |
| Honours | MM |
What this roll records
COMMISSIONED FROM THE RANKS, AND A SECOND SERVICE NUMBER. London Gazette, 21 January 1944, Supplement 36343, page 463, under “ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS. The undermentioned cadets to be 2nd Lts.: 19th Sept. 1943”: “2755331 LEWIS ARCHIBALD GIBSON (303962).” It gives his forenames in full and an OFFICER’S SERVICE NUMBER, 303962, which this roll did not hold and which is the number any later notice would use. Note that the Gazette places the commission in the Royal Armoured Corps, where this card gives Scots Guards; both can be true of a man commissioned out of his regiment, and neither has been altered. Source: The London Gazette.
Patrol G: "Guardsman L.A. Gibson MM, LRDG" (G Patrol; MM). Brendan O'Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa".
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Driver
Barce Raid, Sept 1942 (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Driver — Jopling party found S2
Barce Raid, Sept 1942 — listed among G1 participants; not independently confirmed (Brendan O'Carroll).
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
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