Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Akaberekwa mwanakomana waMajor Guy Melvil Gibbs naMargaret Gibbs (akaberekwa anonzi St John) uye akadzidza paEton College neRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, Gibbs akagadzwa semutevedzeri wechipiri muKing's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) musi wa31 Zvita 1939, mwedzi inenge mina mushure mekupinda kweBritain muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri. Haana kubatanidzwa pakarepo mukuita, zvisinei, sezvo aifungidzirwa kuve mudiki kwazvo, uye akagara muUnited Kingdom kusvikira atumirwa ku2nd Battalion, KRRC, yaitungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel George Erskine uye vari mubishi rekugadzirisa mushure mekutambura kukuvara kwakanyanya panguva yekukombwa kweCalais. Gibbs, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa1 Chikunguru 1941, aifanira kushanda nebato racho kwehondo yese uye akaendeswa kuNorth Africa nebato rake mukupera kwa1941, akapihwa Military Cross (MC) musi wa15 Gumiguru 1942. Mushure mekutora chikamu muHondo yechipiri yeEl Alamein, akatora mutungamiri we'C Company 'yebhati rake munaKurume 1943 uye akaramba ari mune iro basa kwehondo yese. Achitungamirira kambani yake mumatanho ekupedzisira eTunisia Campaign, achitora chikamu muAllied invasion yeItaly, iyo Normandy landings uye kurwa kwakatevera kuNorth West Europe
kusvikira paZuva reVictory muEurope (VE Day) muna May 1945. Munguva yose iyi, kubva paD-Day kusvika paV-Day, mumwe wehama dzake aiva Edwin Bramall. Kufanana naGibbs pachake, Bramall akanga akafanosarudzirwa kusvika munzvimbo dzakakwirira zvikuru. Akapiwa Distinguished Service Order (DSO) musi wa 2 Nyamavhuvhu 1945.