Private 240288 Richard Glover
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 1875, S Lancs R.
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 1st of August 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: 79 North Road, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.
Family details:
Mother: Annie.
Census details:
1901 - 7 years old Richard is living at 39 Greenfield Road, St Helens with parents William (40), Annie (39) and five siblings: Edward (15), William (12), Rachel (10), Thomas (9), John (4). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Box Maker' Richard living at 65 Atherton Street, St Helens with parents William (53), Annie (50) and five siblings: William (22), Rachel (20), Thomas (19), John (14), Annie (10). Also at the address are boarders Thomas Macdonald (54) and James Hamitton (18).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url] Note the error with his initial in the newspaper clipping. Age taken from census.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url] Note the error with his initial in the newspaper clipping. Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/240288RichardGlover.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Glover_Rich_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/Glover_Goulden_Gray_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Richard Glover on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
