Glossop, Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Charles |
Surname | Glossop |
Gender | M |
Age | 60 |
Decorations | MC*, MiD |
Date of Death | 16-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edmund and Mary Glossop, Husband of Agnes Mary Glossop, of Boscombe, Bournemouth. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bournemouth East Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot U. Row 4. Grave 2/3. |
Epitaph | IN EVER LOVING MEMORY. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 40 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 85989 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 21 OTU |
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Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
MC Citation, London Gazette, 23 April 1918: "2nd Lt. Charles Glossop, R.F.A. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in volunteering to go out beyond our outposts and along our most advanced positions and bringing back the first definite information as to our line, all under very heavy sniping fire. Later, when gassed, he refused to leave the battery, but sent others away who had been wounded and gassed. Another time he did excellent work as forward observation officer, getting back information by visual under machine-gun fire from both flanks and from aeroplanes". Bar to the MC Citation, London Gazette, 23 April 1920: "Lt. (T./Capt.) Charles Glossop, M.C., R.F.A. For conspicuous gallantry near Boutourlinovka, on 2nd October, 1919, when with the 2nd Battery, Don Horse Artillery Division, accompanied only by an interpreter, he rushed an enemy machine gun which was hindering the advance, and captured the gun and crew, thus enabling the advance to continue. Capt. Glossop has on other occasions shown marked gallantly and enterprise". |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Enstone |
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Reason for Loss | Admitted dangerously ill to RAF Hospital Innsworth on 15 September where he died of a brain haemorrhage. |