Philip Gibbs
Philip Gibbs
Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbswas an English journalist and prolific author of books who served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War. Two of his siblings were also writers, A. Hamilton Gibbs and Cosmo Hamilton, as was his own son, Anthony. Gibbs was a Roman Catholic...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth1 May 1877
generals optimism ourselves therefore worth
The cheery optimism of our generals always thought we were going forward, and therefore it was not worth while making ourselves comfortable and safe.