GIBSON, William
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Known as:
Bill
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Gordon Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
2879864
Died :
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Lance Sergeant William Gibson, 6 troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later presumed killed in action. He had embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 268 and has no known grave. Son of Alexander and Margaret Gibson; stepson of Elizabeth Gibson, of Thornliebank, Glasgow.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/41 (1942) and WO417/58 (1943).
St Nazaire Society website.
Notes
Like all those on the raid they were given an opportunity beforehand to write their will or last letters. Bill Gibson wrote to his Father. Read it below.
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