Gibbs, Frederick Giles

Diary of Frederick Giles Gibbs, (b.1866, d.1953). This diary spans the period from 28 October 1916 to 31 March 1918. The headmaster of Nelson Boys’ Central School, secretary of the Nelson School of Music, astronomer, tramper, and champion of local causes, Frederick Giles Gibbs kept diaries recording his varied activities in Nelson city and around the province between 1883 and 1952. This entry dated 29 October 1916 outlines the fighting in the Somme and Verdun regions in France, as well as patriotic fund raising homefront activites like the Cannonade fund.