Every Name a Story

E. Gibson 1942
Rank : Able Seaman

Sunderland

Ernest  Gibson

Every Name a Story

On the Tower Hill Memorial is the name of Able Seaman Ernest Gibson serving on S.S. Empire Dryden with the Merchant Navy who died 23/04/1942.

The son of David and Margaret Gibson and the husband of Emma Gibson, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.

In Sunderland Mere Knolls Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:

In
loving memory of
Emma Jane Gibson
20.06.1912 – 13.01.1989.
Devoted wife of Ernest
who was lost at sea in April 1942.
A dear mother to Eddie and Ernie
and loving nana to
Ian, Eddy, David, Angela,
Mark and Kevin.
Rest in peace.

Ernest Gibson is remembered at Sunderland in S140.159 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Ernest

Last Name: Gibson

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 23/04/1942

Age: 35

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Merchant Navy

Unit/Ship: S.S. Empire Dryden

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