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William Glynne Charles Gladstone (14 July 1885 – 13 April 1915) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and the last of four generations of Gladstones to sit in the House of Commons, the first being his great-grandfather Sir John Gladstone (1764–1851).
- 1914-1915
- Liberal Party
This starts with a section containing papers relating to William Glynne Charles Gladstone (1885-1915), and then a section on church building, followed by records related to the Wright v. Gladstone case, and some photographs.
Lt Gladstone is thought to have been the last soldier whose body was exhumed from france and repatriated to England. Following this, the idea of equality in death of all ranks and officers led to the Imperial War Grave Commision, becoming the commonwealth war grave commission.
William Glynne Charles Gladstone was the grandson of the great statesman and Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. He was recorded on a census for the first time in 1891. He was living with his family at ‘New Hall’, Hawarden, Flintshire.
4 de ago. de 2014 · “Gladstone’s soldier grandson” was Lieutenant William Glynne Charles Gladstone, who had been shot dead by a sniper a few days before while serving in the trenches of northern France.
CWGC family information: son 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. Object description. Lieutenant William Glymne Charles Gladstone. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers.
Gladstone arrived in France on 15 March 1915, proud of being with his regiment and of doing his duty. He wrote home frequently; his heart was in Flintshire. "I must break off now for a purpose, which I will tell you about tomorrow," read the last lines of an unfinished letter sent to his mother by comrades after his death on 15 April.
