Mary was the daughter of John Gibson and Ann Gibson nee Turnbull; wife of Herbert Climpson, of Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
A Brigadier with the Salvation Army.
Casualty of War: Brigadier Mary Climpson was killed by a bomb in Flanders during the evacuation of the B.E.F. Her remains were recovered and buried at Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery.
A Brigadier with the Salvation Army.
Casualty of War: Brigadier Mary Climpson was killed by a bomb in Flanders during the evacuation of the B.E.F. Her remains were recovered and buried at Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery.
Mary was the daughter of John Gibson and Ann Gibson nee Turnbull; wife of Herbert Climpson, of Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
A Brigadier with the Salvation Army.
Casualty of War: Brigadier Mary Climpson was killed by a bomb in Flanders during the evacuation of the B.E.F. Her remains were recovered and buried at Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery.
A Brigadier with the Salvation Army.
Casualty of War: Brigadier Mary Climpson was killed by a bomb in Flanders during the evacuation of the B.E.F. Her remains were recovered and buried at Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery.
Inscription
MRS BRIGADIER
MARY JANET CLIMPSON
SALVATION ARMY
20TH MAY 1940 AGE 56
(CROSS)
DEATH TAKES BUT GOD RECEIVES
'JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, MARY'
ST. JOHN XX.16
Gravesite Details
Brigadier, Salvation Army. Daughter of John and Ann Gibson; wife of Herbert Climpson, of Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Age 56.
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