Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Vale Of Glamorgan
Town
Penarth
County
South Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Commemoration
VC or GC Recipients, Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 26 April 2012
    Attended by: Coumcillor Anthony Ernest, Mayor of Penarth
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
65447

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Current location

Placed on a wall in the ground floor corridor of Penarth Town Council offices.
West House
Stanwell Road
Penarth
Vale Of Glamorgan
South Glamorgan
CF64 3NN
Wales

OS Grid Ref: ST 18337 71480
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Brass plaque with dedicatory inscription.
Inscription
This plaque was erected by Penarth Town Council/and unveiled by/Cllr. Anthony Ernest, Mayor of Penarth/on 26th April 2012/In Memory Of/Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, RAF/Born 12th August 1918, Simla, India/Killed in Action 19th September 1944 at Steinbergen in Holland//Wing Commander Gibson married Penarth born entertainer Eve Moore, at All Saints Church, Penarth in 1940 and they lived/from 1940-1943 in her family home at 21, Archer Road, Penarth//Wing Commander Gibson is remembered for his distinguished war record and in particular for/leading the Royal Air Force 617 Squadron on Operation Chastise, one of the 'Dam Busters' raids which resulted in/the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr, Germany in May 1943, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.// [the entire dedication is repeated in Welsh]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Gibson, Guy Penrose
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Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, date of birth, place of birth, date of death, manner of death, place of death, rank, service, decorations, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, date of birth, place of birth, date of death, manner of death, place of death, rank, service, decorations, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
The Town Council
Reference
  • Unveiling reported in the Penarth Times 3rd May 2012. This includes a long account of Guy Gibson's role in the bombing of the Ruhr dams, including a photo of his medals including the VC DSO and DFC Guy Gibson's grave is located in the RC churchyard in Steenbergen, Holland, where he died.

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