Every Name a Story

R. Gibson 1942
Rank : Able Seaman

Ashington

Ronald  Gibson

Every Name a Story

On Portsmouth Naval Memorial is the name of P/JX 156715 Able Seaman Ronald Gibson, serving on H.M.S. Somali with the Royal Navy who died 24/09/1942.

He was the son of Richard Speakman Gibson and Ida Margaret Gibson, of Ashington, Northumberland.

Acknowledgments: Margaret Allison; Barney Rice.

Ronald Gibson is remembered at Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A17.43, at Hirst on H62.02 and H62.04 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Ronald

Last Name: Gibson

Service Number: P/JX 156715

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 24/09/1942

Age: 20

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Royal Navy

Unit/Ship: H.M.S. Somali

External Links:

H.M.S. Somali
Crew List of H.M.S. Somali

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CWGC Link

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Wansbeck

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Ashington
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