Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar - 617 Squadron, Royal Air Force

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: EUROPE

DENMARK NORWAY RUSSIA SWEDEN SWITZERLAND

DENMARK

Name Thomas,
DINESEN		 Percy Howard,
HANSEN

Rank Lieutenant Brigadier

Force 42nd Bn Quebec Regiment
( Royal Highlanders of Canada )		 6th Bn The Lincolnshire Regiment

VC won Parvillers, France,
12 August 1918		 Yilghin Burnu, Gallipoli, Turkey,
9 August 1915

London Gaz 26 October 1918 1 October 1915

Born Copenhagen,
9 August 1892		 Durban, South Africa,
26 October 1890

Died 10 March 1979,
Leerbaek, Denmark		 12 February 1951,
Copenhagen, Denmark

Grave Horsholm Cemetery, Ringsted Garnisons Kirkegaard, Copenhagen

Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Imperial War Museum, London, England

Remarks None DSO, MC

NORWAY / RUSSIA / SWEDEN / SWITZERLAND

Name Bernard Armitage,
WARBURTON-LEE		 Samuel George,
PEARSE		 Loftus William,
JONES		 Edward Stevenson,
BROWNE
Rank Captain Sergeant Commander Brigadier General
Force Royal Navy 45th Bn, Royal Fusiliers Royal Navy 24th Regiment
( South Wales Borderers )
VC won Narvik, Norway,
10 April 1940		 Emtsa, North Russia,
29 August 1919		 Battle of Jutland,
31 May 1916		 Hlobane, Zululand,
29 March 1879
London Gaz 7 June 1940 23 October 1919 6 March 1917 17 June 1879
Born Broad Oak, Gwynedd,
13 September 1895		 Penarth, Glamorgan,
16 July 1897		 Petersfield, Hampshire,
13 November 1879		 Cambridge,
23 December 1852
Died 10 April 1940,
Narvik, Norway *		 29 August 1919,
Emtsa, North Russia *		 31 May 1916,
During Battle of Jutland		 16 July 1907,
Montreaux, Switzerland
Grave Ballangen New Cemetery, Norway Archangel Allied Cemetery, North Russia Kviberg Cemetery, Gothenburg, Sweden Clarens Cemetery, Montreaux, Switzerland
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Not publicly held Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon
Remarks * Killed during his VC action * Killed during his VC action Body washed ashore in Sweden CB

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