† 13/04/1915 · aged 29 · Hawarden (St. Deiniol) Churchyard, in family enclosure, West end of old ground.
Personal data
Name
Gladstone
Initials
W.G.C.
Christian name
William Glynne Charles ("Will")
Date and place of birth
?; 14.07.1885
Profession
M.P. Kilmarnock (Liberal Party)
Family
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.
Extra information
Information
Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford
Military data
Rank
Lt.
Regiment / Unit
1 Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Date of death
Age
29
Cemetery / Memorial
Hawarden (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". Relinquished and in the care of the Central Guard of the Lamp (1936). Brass plaques (4) kept at Talbot House.
Media
Sources
Source
Liber Vitae 1923
Source 2
Liber Vitae 1928
Source 3
S. Smith, Toc H Roll of Lamps
Source 4
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936
