Walter Gilbourne
He was a Coal Miner.
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Walter Gilbourne was born on the 10th November 1893
Son of James Gilbourne (Also known as James Gilman a Coal Miner),1850-1913 and Catherine Gilbourne née Hatton, born 1852, both Parents were born in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, they were married in 1872.
One of 12 Children, 2 were to die in in early childhood and infancy.
Brother to : Samuel Gilbourne 1873-1934 : James Gilbourne 1874-1902 :Robert Gilbourne 1875-1952 : Ann Gilbourne 1877-1961 : Fanny Gilbourne 1880-1938 : Martha Gilbourne 1882-1951 : William Thomas Gilbourne 1884-1920 : Henry (Harry) Gilbourne, 1887-1959 : Kate Gilbourne 1890-1897 : Albert Gilbourne : 1896-1897.
According to the 1911 the Family were living at 25 Nethergreen, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. James Gilbourne (Also known as : James Gilman, aged 61 yrs is a retired Coal Miner he is living with his wife Catherine, aged 59 yrs and 6 of their children including William Thomas, aged 26 yrs a Coal Miner and Walter, aged 17 yrs a Coal Miner.
Walter Gilbourne was a witness at the wedding of his Brother Samuel on the 1st October 1914.
Walter Gilbourne was unmarried.
Enlisted : 29th March 1915 : Derby in the 2nd/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment having already served for 4 years in the Territorial Force, later serving with the 1st/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment.
Landed in France on the 10th November 1915, arrived at Rouen the following day, he joined his Unit in the field on the 14th November 1915.
He was treated in the field for Axilla (armpit) abscess and multiple sores on the 20th February 1916and rejoined his Unit again on the 18th March 1916.
Wounded : Slightly on the 14th April 1916 but remained on duty.
Wounded again : Suffering a gunshot wound to his chest, shoulder and face on the 1st July 1916 at Gommecourt Wood on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, he lay injured in the field almost half naked for nearly 48 hours.
Treated at the 20th Casualty Clearing Station and later at No. 61 General Hospital.
After being transferred to England, he died from his wounds on 16th July 1916, aged 22 at the University War Hospital, Southampton.
his death was registered in southampton before his body was returned to Brinsley overnight.
Buried: Brinsley (St. James The Great) Churchyard, Brinsley,Nottinghamshire.
Grave reference : Old ground, near the West wall.
His older Brother : Service Number, 5485, Private, James Gilbourne Junior, 2nd Battalion (28th Mounted Infantry), Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment had died in the 2nd Anglo-Boer War in 1902 in South Africa, Killed In Action at Boschult, South Africa, aged 27 years.
He was buried in the Garden of Remembrance in Ottosdal, North West Province, South Africa.
His Brother : Service number, 205740, gunner, William Thomas Gilbourne also served during the Great War in the Royal Garrison Artillery and died on 26th January 1920, heis also buried in St. James the Great Churchyard, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire as are many more of his siblings.
Commemorated : St. James the Great Church War Memorial, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire as : Walter Gilbourne.
Eastwood Nottingham Road War Memorial, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire as : Walter Gilbourne.
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire as : W. Gilbourne.
Walter Gilbourne and William Thomas Gilbourne are both Commemorated on a Memorial Plaque inside St. James the Great Church, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.
Photo of Walter Gilbourne
Photograph of Private, Walter Gilbourne's headstone in St. James the Great Churchyard, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 23rd March 2025.
Photo of Walter Gilbourne
Photograph of St. James the Great Churchyard, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire where Private, Walter Gilbourne is buried by Gary Crosby on the 23rd March 2025..