GILBERT Vernon William Henry
Died 20 September 1918 Age 19
Buried Brie British Cemetery, France
GILBERT Vernon William Henry
Service Record
Private 22533 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion
Son of Mr and Mrs George Gilbert, of A/1 Jail Road, Lahore, Punjab, India.
The Lancaster Gazette explains that Vernon died after being shot in the head, the explanation as to why he is on the Carnforth War Memorial is that in the article says that Vernon was the nephew of Dr Moss of Carnforth. It goes on to say that Vernon was born in India and was being educated in Devonshire, England when he signed up last year.
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.