Coagh and District in World War One

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Matthew was a student at Cookstown Academy

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The History of Coagh booklet lists Lieutenant Matthew Gibson as having served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the war.

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From the Belfast Newsletter dated 11th September 1915:

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Lieutenant Gibson was 23 years old when the war ended.

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Lieutenant Matthew Gibson went on to serve with the Royal Army Medical Corps for the remainder of the war.

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A report in the newspaper in 1915 records that he had been ordered to join the destroyer flotilla off the Scotch coast.

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In 1915, at the age of 19, Matthew Gibson volunteered for service and obtained a temporary commission in the Navy.

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From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 11th September 1915: Cookstown Student Volunteers

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Matthew went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University.

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The family lived at Tullyweary House, Ardtrea.

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The 1911 census lists Matthew as age 15, living with the family at house 2 in Tullyweery, Coagh. Matthew was still at school.

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The 1901 census lists Matthew as age 5, living with the family at house 1 in Tullyweery, Coagh. His father was a farmer.

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Family: Matthew Gibson, Emma Gibson, John Gibson (born 21st May 1886), Anna Nancy Gibson (born 15th August 1887), Matilda Gibson (born 9th December 1889, died 9th January 1890, age 1 month), Alexander Gibson (born 23rd August 1891), Matthew Gibson (born 7th September 1895).

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Matthew Gibson was born 7th September 1895. He was the youngest of five children, four surviving. All the children were born in Tullyweary, Cookstown.

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Matthew J Gibson was the youngest son of Matthew and Emma Gibson. Matthew Gibson and Emma Cowan were married on 23rd July 1885 in the district of Cookstown.

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Having successfully completed his second year, he offered his services as probationer surgeon, and was accepted in due course.

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From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 20th July 1918:

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After one year on board HMS Moresby, he returned to Edinburgh University to complete his studies.

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His college chum, David James Tosh Oswald, who was surgeon probationer on HMS Nomad, went down with his vessel but was picked up and became a prisoner of war.

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Surgeon Probationer Gibson served on board during the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea in June 1916.

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Surgeon Probationer Matthew Gibson served on board the destroyer, H.M.S. Moresby. H.M.S. Moresby was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

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Mr Matthew J Gibson, youngest son of Mr Matthew Gibson, Tullyweary House, Ardtrea, who was a medical student at Edinburgh University, volunteered for service and has obtained a temporary commission in the Navy as surgeon (probationer). He was a student of Cookstown Academy, and went Edinburgh to study medicine. Having successfully completed his second year, he offered his services as probationer surgeon, and was accepted in due course. He has been ordered to join the destroyer flotilla off the Scotch coast, and leaves on Monday to take up duty.

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In the summer of 1918, he passed his final medical examination in Edinburgh University, and was conferred the degree of M.A. and B.Ch. He obtained the full medical qualification in the minimum period of five years in spite of the fact that he spent one year in the Navy.

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Mr Matthew Gibson, youngest son of Mr Gibson, Tullyweary, Cookstown, who is surgeon (probationer) in the Navy, has been home on a short furlough. His experiences include the great Jutland sea fight, in which the destroyer of which he is surgeon was engaged from sir David Beatty began to draw out the German Fleet till the latter retired, pursued by the destroyer flotilla. He re-joins today.

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From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 26th August 1916:

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Surgeon Probationer Matthew Gibson, youngest son of Mr Gibson, Tullyweary, Cookstown, who was a medic student at Edinburgh, and volunteered, writing to his school mates in Cookstown, mentions that he was in the great naval battle in the North Sea, where the destroyers kept up a running fight with the retreating German Fleet, and his vessel, H.M.S. Moresby, sunk one of the enemy’s cruisers with a torpedo. His college chum, who occupied a similar position on the Nomad, went down with his vessel but was picked up and is a prisoner in Germany.

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From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 17th June 1916: Academy Boy in Naval Engagement

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Mr Matthew J Gibson, youngest son of Mr Matthew Gibson, Tullyweary House, Ardtrea, who was a medical student at Edinburgh University, volunteered for service and has obtained a temporary commission in the Navy as surgeon (probationer). He was a student of Cookstown Academy, and went Edinburgh to study medicine. Having successfully completed his second year, he offered his services as probationer surgeon, and was accepted in due course. He has been ordered to join the destroyer flotilla off the Scotch coast, and leaves on Monday taking with him the best wishes of his old school mates and all who know him.

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Mr Matthew J Gibson (youngest son of Mr Matthew Gibson, Tullyweary, Cookstown) has passed his final medical examination in Edinburgh University, and has just had conferred the degree of M.A. and B.Ch. He obtained the full medical qualification in the minimum period of five years in spite of the fact that he spent one year in the Navy, as surgeon probationer, and was surgeon in charge of a destroyer in the Battle of Jutland- the greatest naval fight during the present war. He intends to join the Royal Army Medical Corps and do his bit on land till the end of the war.

Date	Information

20/03/2019	Matthew was a student at Cookstown Academy
20/03/2019	The History of Coagh booklet lists Lieutenant Matthew Gibson as having served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the war.
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20/03/2019	From the Belfast Newsletter dated 11th September 1915:
20/03/2019	Lieutenant Gibson was 23 years old when the war ended.
20/03/2019	Lieutenant Matthew Gibson went on to serve with the Royal Army Medical Corps for the remainder of the war.
20/03/2019	A report in the newspaper in 1915 records that he had been ordered to join the destroyer flotilla off the Scotch coast.
20/03/2019	In 1915, at the age of 19, Matthew Gibson volunteered for service and obtained a temporary commission in the Navy.
20/03/2019	From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 11th September 1915: Cookstown Student Volunteers
20/03/2019	Matthew went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University.
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20/03/2019	The family lived at Tullyweary House, Ardtrea.
20/03/2019	The 1911 census lists Matthew as age 15, living with the family at house 2 in Tullyweery, Coagh. Matthew was still at school.
20/03/2019	The 1901 census lists Matthew as age 5, living with the family at house 1 in Tullyweery, Coagh. His father was a farmer.
20/03/2019	Family: Matthew Gibson, Emma Gibson, John Gibson (born 21st May 1886), Anna Nancy Gibson (born 15th August 1887), Matilda Gibson (born 9th December 1889, died 9th January 1890, age 1 month), Alexander Gibson (born 23rd August 1891), Matthew Gibson (born 7th September 1895).
20/03/2019	Matthew Gibson was born 7th September 1895. He was the youngest of five children, four surviving. All the children were born in Tullyweary, Cookstown.
20/03/2019	Matthew J Gibson was the youngest son of Matthew and Emma Gibson. Matthew Gibson and Emma Cowan were married on 23rd July 1885 in the district of Cookstown.
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20/03/2019	Having successfully completed his second year, he offered his services as probationer surgeon, and was accepted in due course.
20/03/2019	From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 20th July 1918:
20/03/2019	After one year on board HMS Moresby, he returned to Edinburgh University to complete his studies.
20/03/2019	His college chum, David James Tosh Oswald, who was surgeon probationer on HMS Nomad, went down with his vessel but was picked up and became a prisoner of war.
20/03/2019	Surgeon Probationer Gibson served on board during the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea in June 1916.
20/03/2019	Surgeon Probationer Matthew Gibson served on board the destroyer, H.M.S. Moresby. H.M.S. Moresby was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.
20/03/2019	Mr Matthew J Gibson, youngest son of Mr Matthew Gibson, Tullyweary House, Ardtrea, who was a medical student at Edinburgh University, volunteered for service and has obtained a temporary commission in the Navy as surgeon (probationer). He was a student of Cookstown Academy, and went Edinburgh to study medicine. Having successfully completed his second year, he offered his services as probationer surgeon, and was accepted in due course. He has been ordered to join the destroyer flotilla off the Scotch coast, and leaves on Monday to take up duty.
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20/03/2019	In the summer of 1918, he passed his final medical examination in Edinburgh University, and was conferred the degree of M.A. and B.Ch. He obtained the full medical qualification in the minimum period of five years in spite of the fact that he spent one year in the Navy.
20/03/2019	Mr Matthew Gibson, youngest son of Mr Gibson, Tullyweary, Cookstown, who is surgeon (probationer) in the Navy, has been home on a short furlough. His experiences include the great Jutland sea fight, in which the destroyer of which he is surgeon was engaged from sir David Beatty began to draw out the German Fleet till the latter retired, pursued by the destroyer flotilla. He re-joins today.
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20/03/2019	From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 26th August 1916:
20/03/2019	Surgeon Probationer Matthew Gibson, youngest son of Mr Gibson, Tullyweary, Cookstown, who was a medic student at Edinburgh, and volunteered, writing to his school mates in Cookstown, mentions that he was in the great naval battle in the North Sea, where the destroyers kept up a running fight with the retreating German Fleet, and his vessel, H.M.S. Moresby, sunk one of the enemy’s cruisers with a torpedo. His college chum, who occupied a similar position on the Nomad, went down with his vessel but was picked up and is a prisoner in Germany.
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20/03/2019	From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 17th June 1916: Academy Boy in Naval Engagement
20/03/2019	Mr Matthew J Gibson, youngest son of Mr Matthew Gibson, Tullyweary House, Ardtrea, who was a medical student at Edinburgh University, volunteered for service and has obtained a temporary commission in the Navy as surgeon (probationer). He was a student of Cookstown Academy, and went Edinburgh to study medicine. Having successfully completed his second year, he offered his services as probationer surgeon, and was accepted in due course. He has been ordered to join the destroyer flotilla off the Scotch coast, and leaves on Monday taking with him the best wishes of his old school mates and all who know him.
20/03/2019	Mr Matthew J Gibson (youngest son of Mr Matthew Gibson, Tullyweary, Cookstown) has passed his final medical examination in Edinburgh University, and has just had conferred the degree of M.A. and B.Ch. He obtained the full medical qualification in the minimum period of five years in spite of the fact that he spent one year in the Navy, as surgeon probationer, and was surgeon in charge of a destroyer in the Battle of Jutland- the greatest naval fight during the present war. He intends to join the Royal Army Medical Corps and do his bit on land till the end of the war.