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Pte. Norman Gibson
British Army 1st Btn. Black Watch
from:Glasgow
Norman Gibson served with the 1st Battalion, Black Watch part of the 51st Highland Division. He was stationed at Dover then posted to France in September 1939. Their deployment was to the Maginot Line.
He was captured on the 12th of June 1940 at St. Valery-en-Caux. General Fortune had no option but surrender the Battalion to Rommel.
Norman was a POW for 5 years in Mulhausen, Germany, he was liberated from Stalag IXC in 1945.