Frederick was involved in the Second Battle of the Somme and also the Final Assault on Flanders.
Frederick William Gibson died on 25th August 1918, on active service, and is buried at Adanac
Military Cemetery, Picardie. Probate was granted to his widow, Gladys Ann Gibbon of 14, Chargot
Road, Pencisely. Cardiff and Walter Stanley Gibbon – merchant – Effects £1631 2s 1d. Probate
address given as 2 Archer Road, Penarth
Adanac cemetery – is Canada spelt backwards. There are 3,186 Canadian soldiers buried in this
cemetery, of which 1,708 are unidentified.