WWII veteran attacked after scattering wife's ashes

WWII veteran attacked after scattering wife's ashes
Published by Hannah Wooderson for 24dash.com in Communities
Thursday 20th August 2009 - 12:14pm


A Second World War veteran was brutally attacked hours after scattering his late wife's ashes.

Sussex Police have released a photo of George Gibb's facial injuries in the hope it will encourage anyone with information to come forward.

The 85-year-old was walking along an alleyway between Legion Way and West Bracklesham Drive in Bracklesham Bay, near Chichester, West Sussex, when he was struck on the head, causing him to fall to the ground.

His friend Mike Hayes said the attack happened as Mr Gibb was walking home from his local British Legion club.

He said the veteran, who fought in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, had scattered his late wife's ashes earlier in the day as she passed away around five months' ago.

He said: "It is just despicable that someone could do this to a defenceless man.
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