Joseph Gilbert
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Joseph was the son of Joseph Gilbert and was born in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, on 15 September 1885. Joseph married Alice Payne (22, b. 1891 Nottingham), the daughter of Walter Payne, at Sneinton St Alban's on 2 August 1909. Their two witnesses were Alice's brother, Alfred Henry Payne, and her married sister, Louisa Petcher. Joseph and Alice had one child, Elizabeth Annie (b. Sneinton 24 September 1909). In 1911 Joseph, a wood machinist labourer, and his wife and daughter were living at 43 Monk Street, Blue Bell Hill Road, Nottingham. Alice's sister Louisa and her husband William Henry Petcher (m. 1905) were living at 2 Eldon Yard, Upper Eldon Street, Sneinton, with their three children and her brother Alfred Payne, a bobbin and carriage hand. Alice Gilbert died on 17 September 1918 (buried 21 September), two months before the death of her husband. Louisa Petcher had been nominated as their daughter Elizabeth Annie's guardian; Louisa's address was given on Joseph's service record as 5 Byron Street, Nottingham. Elizabeth Annie has not yet been traced after 1918.
Joseph Gilbert attested on 15 August 1904 in the King's (Liverpool) Regiment on a 12 year Short Service Engagement (3 years with the Colours 9 years with the Reserve). He joined at Warrington on 18 August 1904 and transferred to the Army Reserve on 14 August 1907 having served at home and also in India from 13 January 1906 to 4 April 1907. He was mobilized at Seaforth on 5 August 1914 and posted to the 1st Bn King's (Liverpool) Regiment. He served in France from 12 August 1914 to 15 November the same year and then returned to Home service with the 3rd Battalion from 16 November 1914. On 15 March 1915, while on Home service, Joseph was declared a deserter and was awarded 28 days detention for absence and forfeited 40 days [pay] from 15 March 1915 to 13 April 1915. He transferred to the 1st Battalion on 14 February 1916 when he was posted to the BEF France. He returned to Home service on 2 August 1916, transferring to the 3rd Battalion. He forfeited 6 days pay for absence from 10 November to 15 November 1916. Joseph was discharged from the army on 10 May 1918 'being no longer physically fit for war service' as a consequence of gunshot wounds to the left hip and head which he had sustained while serving in France. His service record does not give the date he received his injuries but it presumably occurred toward the close of his second period with the BEF France which ended on 1 August 1916. Joseph was issued with Silver War Badge number 364275 on 7 June 1918. Joseph died in Nottingham General Hospital on 22 November 1918. According to the notice of his death in the local paper his death was as a result of the wounds he had received in action. It is not known where he is buried. Service record: Home 15 August 1904-12 January 1906 (1y 152d). India 13 January 1906-4 April 1907 (1y 82d). Home 8 April 1907-11 August 1914 (7y 129d). France 12 August 1914-15 November 1914 (96d). Home 16 November 1914-13 February 1916 (1y 90d). France 14 February 1916-1 August 1916 (169d). Home 2 August 1916-10 May 1918 (1y 282d) Total service to 10 May 1918, 13 years 270 days. He qualified for the 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Joseph Gilbert was discharged from the Army on 10 May 1918 'being no longer physically fit for war service' (para 392 xvi King's Regulation B 1) and received a disability pension and a constant attendance allowance of 10/- (10 shillings) a week from 7 June 1918 to the end of the conditional period (11 February 1919). His name does not appear on the CWGC database. Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 22 November 1918: ‘Gilbert. On November 22nd, at the General Hospital, of wounds received in France, Joseph Gilbert, the beloved husband of the late Alice Gilbert (née Payne) after much suffering, patiently borne. Reunited.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) WW1 Pension Ledgers: named Louisa Petcher as 'aunt and guardian'
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