Samuel Gibbs was born on 21 February 1770, the son of Colonel Samuel Gibbs of Horsley Park, Surrey, by his wife Arabella, daughter of Sir
William Rowley, admiral of the fleet, and widow of William Martin (), naval officer. His half-brother was Sir
George Martin, admiral of the fleet. Shortly afterwards Gibbs left India, and in 1812 was appointed to the command of the two British regiments stationed with the allied (Coalition) forces at
Stralsund. The expedition landed on 23, 24 or 25 December 1814 (sources differ), He was heard yelling for his subordinate, "Colonel
Mullens, if I live till tomorrow you shall be hanged from one of these trees", whereupon he was shot from his horse, just fifty paces from
Jackson's line. Pakenham fell in the same effort to rally the flying troops at around the same time. By a proclamation of the
Prince Regent on 2 January 1815 he had been made a
knight commander of the Bath. The bodies of Gibbs and Pakenham were disembowelled and preserved in casks of rum, then shipped to England and Ireland for burial. == Legacy ==