In case there are any ex Royal Signals on the group Chris History of the villages of Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Col David Travers Worsley Gibson MBE Royal Signals 1937 - 1969 Obituaries section of the Isle of Wight County Press (Friday 13th November, 2009) Some Background Data about Col David Travers Worsley Gibson MBE not available from the report of his death below: Born: during WW1 in 1917 Commissioned into the Royal Signals at age 20, in August, 1937 1955 Army details: Major David Travers Worsley GIBSON (73073) Royal Corps of Signals. On 1 January 1950, He (now a Colonel) married Monica Hastings Wilson who was born on 6 January 1924 and Died on 12 March this year. She was the daughter of Colonel Colin Wilson and Alice Mary Hamilton Hastings. Leaving the Royal Signals/Army after 32 years, in 1969 Children: Peter Worsley Gibson born 7 Jun 1952 Helen Morrish Gibson (now Bourne) born 3 Sep 1953 Harriet Gibson (no exact details found) Awarded the MBE in October 1955 Died end of October 2009, funeral 5th November 2009, on IOW. anyone wanting to send cards or condolences can do so to the son under: Peter Gibson 35A Sunset Close Freshwater Isle of Wight PO40 9JN E-mail: peter.gibson13@btopenworld.com (btopenworld.com) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The IWCP Obituaries Press Report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://iwcp.co.uk/news/obituaries/col-david-travers-worsley-gibson-29686.aspx By County Press Reporter - Friday, November 13, 2009 Col David Travers Worsley Gibson. A FORMER Second World War Phantom Signals officer, Col David Travers Worsley Gibson, has died, aged 92. Born in London, Col Gibson was commissioned into the Royal Signals in August, 1937, after graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He set off for France as part of the British Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of the war in 1939, before retreating to Dunkirk in 1940. Timid by nature, Col Gibson learned to control his fear and described being dive-bombed on the beach as frightening, exciting and random, as no-one knew where the next bomb would land. Col Gibson worked under Lieut Col Hopkinson in the Phantom Signals, who encouraged his lateral thinking skills in finding solutions to a series of communication problems. He served for three months in the Anzio Beachhead in 1944 with the 5th Division Signals, with whom he spent the rest of the war. After the war, he was awarded an MBE for commanding the wireless chain squadron in Singapore - a network linking the UK with all its overseas commands and military forces of the Commonwealth. On leaving the army in 1969, Col Gibson took up teaching physics, initially at Brighton College, before moving to Hamstead, near Yarmouth, in 1975. He taught science at Ryde School before retiring in 1984. (***He Started at Ryde School in 1978, years after I had left, then I was there from 1966 to 1971***) Col Gibson and his wife, Monica, who died earlier this year, were members of the Shalfleet and Yarmouth branch of the IW Conservative Association for 25 years, and Col Gibson was president from 2000 to 2008. The couple were also in the choir at Shalfleet Church. He leaves his son, Peter, daughters, Helen and Harriet, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. His funeral took place in Newtown on November 5. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this Royal Signals Discussion mailing list, simply send an e-mail to: royal-signals-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/royal-signals/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/royal-signals/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: royal-signals-digest@yahoogroups.com royal-signals-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: royal-signals-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/