John Thomas Gibbs b1919

[Bengal28]

I am trying to trace John Thomas Gibbs b 29 Sept 1919 Deptford Kent (now London). Father was John Richard Gibbs mother was Alice Maud Cole.
Disappeared as a young man - possibly moved to Scotland?
Can find birth but no marriage or death details.
Any help greatly appreciated.

[chempat]

Welcome to rootschat, Bengal 28.

Have you got the deaths of his parents and any wills etc?

[healyjfch]

Could he have fought in WW 2. He may have joined up during the war.

Good luck with the search.

[Bengal28]

Thank you both for responding.

I have been searching this family tree for several years - I use Ancestry and FreeReg -  I have his birth cert and the deaths of his parents, but neither left a will (no real assets). I have tried to trace a death for John Thomas Gibbs as a child and as an adult but cannot find anything. Likewise no luck with WW2 records.

I am stuck and not sure where to look next.

[heatherjulie]

Have you eliminated this death?

John T Gibbs

Birth Date about 1919

Date of RegistrationMar 1961

Age at Death 42

Registration district Hereford  Herefordshire

Volume 9a  Page 19

[Bengal28]

Hi.

Yes I saw that death but even if I order a cert and it is for a John Thomas Gibbs I have no way of knowing if it is the one I am looking for. Different area, and I know nothing about him.
I think my only hope is if someone identifies him from their own family tree.

Thanks for the idea though.

[rosie99]

That death is possibly this person 
Birth December qtr 1918 
John T Gibbs     
Hereford    6a   638

(I had wondered about that one    )

Probate gives his middle name as Thornton

Rosie

[Bengal28]

Thanks for this info Rosie.

I was hoping to find a WW2 record showing next of kin (parents), but no luck.
I just have to hope that someone tracing John Thomas Gibbs will get in touch.

[rosie99]

WW2 records are still with the MOD 
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=651361.0