GIBSON, James Lang
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Service Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
210963
Died :
Tuesday, July 4, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Captain James Gibson died of injuries received in a mine explosion at Anzio on the 24th June 1944. Son of William and Jessie Lang Gibson; husband of Maureen Gibson, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Sources
CWGC
No 9 Cdo War Diary, National Archives WO218/69.
Casualty List 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/6.
CWGC
No 9 Cdo War Diary, National Archives WO218/69.
Casualty List 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/6.
Belfast Telegraph 4 August 1944, p2 (below).
Notes
Rank shown as on CWGC. The 9 Cdo War Diary entry refers to a Lt. G. Gibson. The CWGC shows Capt. J.L. Gibson. The Field Return of Officers of 9 Cdo. dated 3rd June 1944 records 210963 Lt. J.L. Gibson RASC (joined the unit 24/4/1944.). His name does not appear on the July list.
Rank shown as on CWGC. The 9 Cdo War Diary entry refers to a Lt. G. Gibson. The CWGC shows Capt. J.L. Gibson. The Field Return of Officers of 9 Cdo. dated 3rd June 1944 records 210963 Lt. J.L. Gibson RASC (joined the unit 24/4/1944.). His name does not appear on the July list.
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