About Edward Gibbs
Lived 1777 – 1847 (aged 69–70). Edward Gibbs was a British military personnel.
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Gibbs ( 1777 – 9 January 1847) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Military career Gibbs took part in the Ferrol Expedition in 1800 during the War of the Second Coalition and in the retreat to Corunna in 1809 during the Peninsular War. He also commanded 2nd Bn of the 62nd Regiment of Foot under the Duke of Wellington taking part in the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in 1811 and the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in 1812. He was also briefly Colonel of the 68th Regiment of Foot in 1844 before transferring as Colonel to the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) (1844 to his death in 1847).
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