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Petty Officer Stoker WILLIAM GIBBONS

Service Number: D/K 57290
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Drake.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1943

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH (EFFORD) CEMETERY

Sec. C. Cons. Grave 10424.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Emma May Gibbons, of Plymouth.
  • Personal Inscription A DEVOTED HUSBAND & DAD ALSO HIS SON WILLIAM,AGE 27 DIED 10.6.1948 DUE TO WAR SERVICE
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Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH (EFFORD) CEMETERY
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 465
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