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Private ALAN GIBBON

Service Number: 14877716
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1945

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEEDS (LAWNSWOOD) CEMETERY

Sec. 3. Grave 32.

United Kingdom

Headstone

Photographer: Liz Milne

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Florence Gibbon, of Headingley, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription HE WEARS THE ROSE OF YOUTH UPON HIM. DEARLY LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

LEEDS (LAWNSWOOD) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 327
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