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Birth: Oct. 9, 1925
New Bedford
Bristol County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Apr. 1, 1945, England
Donald's parents are Charles and Hazel (Hammond) Gamble. He is a direct descendant of Myles Standish (GS #86,222), George Soule, William Brewster, Francis Eaton, Thomas/John Rogers, John Alden, John Howland, Francis Cooke and Richard Warren.
Our Uncle lied about his age in order to get into the Navy. He was killed over the Bay of Biscay near England during WWII. His hut in Florida prior to going over to England was called the Buzzard's Roost.
He is memorialized here on the National Gold Star Family Registry site, on the Find-a-Grave website, a cross over in England at the Cambridge Memorial Cemetery and his name in a book viewed by the public every day at the St. Paul's Church in London. Closer to home he has a memorial brass plaque at the Battleship Cove in Fall River, Mass and has a veteran's stone at the Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, Mass.
We all have at least one picture of him in each of our homes - even though many of us never met him - he is still in our hearts.
Note: Entered the service from Massachusetts.