Basic Details
Surname
Gleave
Forenames
T R
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Thomas Reginald
Served or died
Died
Notes
All extra details are based on information supplied by the College Archivist (see Additional Information). This included the following biographical details: '(1913) Born 17 July 1894, 26 Brynn Street, St Helens, Lancashire; son of John Gleave, Estate Agent, and Margaret Jane Robinson. Tutor(s): R P Gregory. Johnian Relatives: brother of John Wallace Gleave (1909) and of George Eric Gleave (1916). Educ: Southport College; Prescot Grammar School. Career: Second Lieutenant, later Captain (1916) 5th (Territorial) Battalion, Prince of Wales' Volunteers, South Lancashire Regiment, WWI. Died 10 October 1916 (killed in action near Ypres).' Another biographical source (see References) states 'Thomas Gleave, who read Theology, left for the front in August 1916 and that October was out on a patrol in no-man’s land. The fact it was a moonlit night was fatal, as he was killed by a bullet.'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
October
Day of death
10
Age at death
22
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial