John Williamson Gilbank
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John Williamson Gilbank was the son of Mathew and Mary Jane Gilbank who were parents to 5 other children. The family spent several years in that location but as the family grew up, they drifted away and by 1911, Matthew, Mary J, John Williamson and Mary J Gilbank junior were living in Harworth, Plumtree. John was a boarder, working as a wagoner on a farm, whilst his father worked the land.
John enlisted at Retford and was killed in action (shell fire) in Flanders. He is remembered at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
Nottinghamshire Archives (ref PR 8446), Harworth Register of Burials: ‘Members of the Parish of Harworth who died in the Great War of 1914-1918 and are buried abroad’. Gilbank John (Harworth), Private Notts & Derby 4 August 1916, age 21, killed by a shell when on duty on the Western Front. Research by Colin Dannatt
