Location
In St Mildred's Churchyard, Whippingham, Isle of Wight Description Additional inscripton on family headstone. |
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Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ARTHUR LESLIE GRESSON CAPTAIN, ROYAL NAVY BORN MAY 17 1879 - DIED JUNE 1 1931 ABOVE HIM STOOD ONE FIGURE WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS SACRED ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF HIS SON, JOHN JARDINE GRESSON LIEUTENANT, ROYAL NAVY, KILLED IN ACTION JANY. 23RD 1944 AGED 23 YEARS. SO HE PASSED OVER AND THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE. ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE INEZ STEWART BORN JULY 3 1897, DIED AUG 15 1967. Further Information John Jardine Gresson Son of : Arthur Leslie and Inez Stewart Gresson. Born : 1921. Electoral Roll information : 1931 : The family are listed at Arthur Cottage, York Avenue, East Cowes. Service information : Lieutenant John Jardine Gresson, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Janus. Casualty information : Died at sea, 23 January 1944, aged 23. Commemorated at : Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. CWGC record ...
Not commemorated on any Island Memorials.
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