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Frederick William Glover

Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsdatum:
10/02/1890
Geburtsort:
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Versicherungsagent

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Truppe:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Dienstnummer:
358625
Einberufung ort:
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Einheiten:
 —  King's (Liverpool Regiment), 1/10th Bn. (Scottish)  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
30/07/1917
Sterbeort:
Lijssenthoek, Remy Siding Casualty Clearing Stations, Belgien
Todesursache:
Verwundet
Alter:
27

Begräbnisplatz

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Grabstelle: XVI
Reihe: K
Grab: 6

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille — 18/05/1921
Victory Medal
Medaille — 18/05/1921

Punkte von Interesse 3

#1 Geburtsort
#2 Einberufung ort
#3 Ort des Todes (ungefähr)

Meine Geschichte

Frederick William Glover was born in 1890 in Liverpool, Lancashire. He was the firstborn son of Charles Frederick and Mary Ann Glover. Frederick married his girlfriend, Gladys Blunsum, in 1914. According to his marriage certificate, Frederick worked as an insurance agent at the time.

By the summer of 1917 Frederick served with the King's (Liverpool Regiment), 1/10th Battalion (Scottish), part of the 166th (South Lancashire) Brigade, of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division. On 31 July 1917, the Division was to take part in the opening phase of the Battle of Passchendaele. The 1/10th Liverpool Scottish moved from the North of France to the Ypres area on the 20th of July 1917. The following day the Battalion marched to the Wieltje section where it relieved the 1/5th King’s Liverpool Regiment in the frontline. A German shell caused a number of casualties, when the Battalion passed the Canal Bank on their way to Wieltje. One officer and eight men were wounded.

During the night of 21 on 22 July the German artillery shelled the positions at the hamlet of Wieltje with mustard gas grenades. In spite of all precautions taken, two officers and seven other ranks were evacuated to hospital, suffering from gas poisoning. The same type of shells were frequently fired at the 1/10th Liverpool Scottish over the next three nights, affecting a number of men. Part of the Battalion’s trenches were heavily shelled on the morning of the 24th of July, considerably damaging part of the trench system. At night Frederick’s unit was relieved from the frontline. But after a few days of relative rest it moved back into support on the 29th of July. In anticipation of the attack, the Battalion now occupied positions around the hamlet of St Jean at Congreve Walk, Liverpool Street, Kaie Salient and Dixmude Street.

Private Frederick William Glover didn’t make the start of the offensive, as he died of his wounds at the Remy Siding Casualty Clearing Stations, in Lijssenthoek, Poperinge. Frederick must have been mortally wounded, in the days prior to the attack, while holding the line at Wieltje or St Jean. The 27-year-old was buried on the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

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Quellen 5

"The History of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1914-1919", Wyrall J., Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1930, pg. 3492-495.
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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/144174/glover,-frederick-william/
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The Long, Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
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War Diary King's (Liverpool Regiment), 1/10th Bn. (Scottish)
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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