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	Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs - Telegraph
		Roland Christopher Gibbs was born at Flax Bourton, near Bristol, on June 22 1921, the younger son of an officer who had served in the North Somerset Yeomanry in the First World War.
		In June 1942, Gibbs was commanding a carrier platoon that was acting as advance guard to the column as it approached Bir Hacheim.
		Gibbs was wounded twice in North Africa, the first time at the battle of Alam Halfa, but he returned for the second half of the battle of Alamein.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2004/11/02/db0202.xml (754 words)

	Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs obituary - Times Online
		Roland Christopher Gibbs was the youngest son of Major G. Gibbs of Cirencester.
		Gibbs was sent to Aden as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Michael Le Fanu, the C-in-C, Middle East, and played a leading role in the fraught but ultimately successful evacuation of Aden and the short-term strengthening of the British presence in the Persian Gulf.
		Gibbs laid the foundations for a gradual build-up of the Sultan ’s armed forces with seconded British officers, warrant officers and NCOs.
	www.timesonline.co.uk /tol/comment/obituaries/article502541.ece (1551 words)

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