Fred Glover
Factory Hand (Lace)
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Fred Glover was born in 1893 at Nottingham, he was the son of Alfred a bread baker and Angelina (Annie) Glover née Handley of 4 Shaftsbury Street, Alfred Street Sneinton Nottingham.
His fathe Alfred was born in 1870 at Nottingham, his mother Angelia Handley was born in 1872 at Nottingham, they were married in 1891 at St Ann's, Nottingham, they went on t have 9 children, sadly 2 were to die in infancy or early childhood.
In the 1911 census the family are living at 4 Shaftsbury Street, Alfred Street, North, Nottingham, Alfred 41 yrs is a break baker, he is living with his wife Angelina 39 yrs and their children, Nellie 19 yrs a lace pattern girl, Fred 18 yrs a lace threader, Nora 17 yrs a hosiery cleaner, Grac 13 yrs a scholar, Eva 8 yrs, Lillian 3 yrs and Dorothy 5 months old, also living at the address is Maria Handley 67 yrs mother.
Private Fred Glover enlisted at Nottingham into the Special Reserve in 1913 aged 18 years and 310 days. He was mobilized on 7 August 1914 and joined the 2nd Battalion in France on 11 November 1914. On 15 May 1915 he was hospitalised with a shrapnel wound and sent to England. 'On May 15th Major Dove was shot through the head going round the trenches - a great loss to his comrades of all ranks - and two other officers (Lieutenants Gamble and Selby) and 20 men were this day wounded' (2nd battalion war diary). On 18 September 1915 he joined 9th Battalion on Gallipoli. Reinforcements arrived on 14th September and Fred was probably with this group.
He was killed in the Battle of Thiepval 26/29th September 1916 in the battalion's successful attacks Fred, like many of the battalion has no known grave his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
John Morse
Nottingham Post obituary (abridged), 21 October 1916: 'Glover. Killed in action September 26th 1916, Private Fred Glover, oldest son of Alfred and Anne Glover of 4 Shaftesbury Street, Alfred Street South, age 23.'
Nottingham Post 'In Memoriam' (abridged) 26 September 1919: 'Glover. Son and brother, Private Fred Glover of 4 Shaftsbury Sreet, killed in action September 26th 1916. Mother, father, sisters, brother.'
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Fred Glover name on Memorial
3686 Private Fred Glover, killed in action, 26/9/1916 in the Battle of Thiepval.
Visited by John Morse and wreath laid. The memorial panel needed re-etching, so very faint.