Soldier Factfile

Name:   Corporal Robert Edward Glover 12738

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Date of Birth:  1896

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Address:  Albion Street, Anstey

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Parents Names: 

Thomas Mason Glover (Grocer’s assistant at a wholesalers)

Mary Elizabeth (Housekeeper)

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Occupation before the war:  Warehouseman(Boot Manufacturing)

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Siblings Names:

Mary Catherine Wesley b. 1892  |  Thomas Herbert b.1902  |  Eleanor Jessie b. 1903

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Date Died:   1.9.1918

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Age:  22

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Place of Death:   France

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Place of Burial/Memorial:  Ii E 4, Bancourt British Cemetery

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Cause of death:  Killed in action

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Regiment:

8^th Battalion

Leicestershire Regiment

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Medals:

1914 – 15 Star

British War Medal

Victory medal

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Any other information (e.g. Service Record/ appearance etc)

• Enlisted in Leicester 4.9.14
• Father was blind