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Lt. · 1 Royal Welsh Fusiliers

William Glynne Charles ("Will") Gladstone

† 13/04/1915 · aged 29 · Hawarden (St. Deiniol) Churchyard, in family enclosure, West end of old ground.

Personal data

NameGladstone
InitialsW.G.C.
Christian nameWilliam Glynne Charles ("Will")
Date and place of birth?; 14.07.1885
ProfessionM.P. Kilmarnock (Liberal Party)
FamilySon of William Henry Gladstone and the Hon. Gertrude Gladstone, of Hawarden Castle, Flintshire and Grandson of Rt Hon. W.E. Gladstone, the former Prime Minister. Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock Burghs since 1911.

Extra information

Information
Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford

Military data

RankLt.
Regiment / Unit1 Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Date of death
Age29
Cemetery / MemorialHawarden (St. Deiniol) Churchyard, in family enclosure, West end of old ground.

Other information

Information 1
Killed in action
Information 2
Initially buried in France. Permission was granted by King George V for his body to be brought back to the U.K.
Information 3
Talbot House holds The W.G.C. Gladstone Room Plaque from Mark III, Hackney, London.
Information 4
'The Gladstone Lamp' - Shotton (Deeside & District) Branch. Endowed in Sept. 1920. First lit on 15.12.1922 at The Guildhall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of W.G.C. Gladstone, Lt., 1st Batt. R.W.F., 13.4.1915". Brass plaques kept at Talbot House.

Media

Sources

Source
Liber Vitae 1923
Source 2
Liber Vitae 1928