THE ZEEBRUGGE LANDING.
MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHI' Received 1.5 (p.m. to-day. LONDON, June 27. A tablet'on the mole at Zeebrugge, commemorating the St. George’s Day historic landing in 1918, was unveiled by Prince Charles, the second! son of King Albert of Belgium. The ceremony was attended by several survivors of the landing (including Captain Carpenter, of the Vindictive), Belgian authorities, and the Duke of Northumberland, One noteworthy person present was Mrs Gibbs, mother of Commander Gibbs, of the Iris, who remained at his post although both legs were blown off by a German shell.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 June 1926, Page 11
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96THE ZEEBRUGGE LANDING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 June 1926, Page 11
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