Ben Gimbert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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train driver, recipient of the George Cross
Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1903
Place of Birth: Ely, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-May-1976
Profession: railroad engineer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Ben Gimbert
- Benjamin Gimbert GC (6 February 1903 – 6 May 1976), an engine driver with the LNER was awarded the George Cross and the Order of Industrial Heroism, as was his fireman James Nightall, whose award was posthumous, for saving an ammunition train from a fire on 2 June 1944 during the Soham rail disaster.
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