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Able Seaman JOHN GIBSON

Service Number: D/JX314221
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Derwent.

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY

10. B. 16.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary E. Gibson, of Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF JOHN & MARY. BROTHER OF RONALD, MAVIS AND WALTER. HIS MEMORY NEVER FADES
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Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1393
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