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Name : George Edwin Glaire. Son of Joseph and Clara Glaire of Ventnor. Born 1885 Ventnor. Married Alice Caroline Eldridge in 1908; children : William Charles Edward (born 1909), Lily Kathleen (born 1910), George Edwin (born 1912), Florence Gertrude (born 1914), Olive Marjorie (born 1916). |
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Census Information :
1891 : Joseph and Clara Glaire, with their children including George aged 7, are at 3, Steephill Down Terrace, Ventnor. Joseph Glaire is a Bus Driver. 1901 : Joseph and Clara Glaire, with their children including George aged 16, are at 3, Steephill Down Terrace, Ventnor. Joseph Glaire is a Coachman, George Edwin Glaire is a Gardener (domestic). 1911 : George and Alice Glaire, with their daughter Lily aged 4 months, are at 2 Pound Lane, Ventnor. George Edwin Glaire is a Mail Driver for the G.P.O. |
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Service details : Private 27706 George Edwin Glaire, 11th Bn. Hampshire Regiment |
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Died : 30 March 1918 aged 32 Commemorated at : Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France CWGC record ... (note that this gives a different date of death from that in the inscription on his brother's headstone) |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Ventnor War Memorial County War Memorial Ventnor Cemetery, on his brother's headstone. |
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Documents :
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, September 11, 1914 Page 4 Several members of the National Reserve left Ventnor yesterday for Aldershot, where they will assist in Garrison duty. These were Messrs. W. Davis and G. Grant (members of the local Salvation Army), George Hunt, E. O'Donnell (the Road Car conductor), W. Smith and W. Randall (of Wroxall), J. Edwards (the foreman printer of this office), H.L. Loveridge, C. Vince and G. Glaire. Miss Nellie Pearson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Pearson, has been called upon to perform hospital duties at the front.
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Friday, April 19, 1918 Page 2 News has been received that Private George Glaire, of Ventnor, has been killed in action. He was in the Royal Defence Corps before being transferred to an active service unit, and has been in France for several months. Pte. Glaire, who lost a brother in the retreat from Mons, leaves a widow and five young children.
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Friday, May 17, 1918 Page 2 Ventnor District Council. ... On the motion of the Chairman, a vote of condolence was passed with the wife and relatives of Pte. G. Glaire. (not all the report has been transcribed)
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Friday, June 14, 1918 Page 3 Ventnor District Council. Letters were read from Mrs. Glaire and Mrs. Tharle, acknowledging the Council's vote of condolence passed at the last meeting. (not all the report has been transcribed) |
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Further Information :
His brother Charles Henry Glaire also died in the Great War. |
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Acknowledgements :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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Page status :
Page last updated : 2 August 2011 - (added IW Mercury pieces from 1918) |
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