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Military service
Service number:
J/6679
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
409 Sqdn.
Death:
September 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 4. Grave 38.
Additional information
Son of the Revd. Henry Gibson and Lydia Gaskell Gibson, of Lenore, Manitoba, Canada. Y.M.C.A. Leader.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Derry Gibson
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Scopwick Church Burial Ground
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Grave Marker
Marker stone to F/O W. D. Gibson in Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Lincolnshire, England. Personal inscription reads: Your memory hallowed in the land you loved. Peace, perfect peace. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Derry Gibson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Derry Gibson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Derry Gibson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Derry Gibson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 76 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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