Glassbrook, Cyril Lund –

Son of John Thomas Glassbrook, of 103, Queensgate, Bolton, Lancashire. Wounded in October 1917 and underwent treatment at No.2 Canadian General Hospital at Le Treport, France and later in Netley Hospital in November having had his left leg amputated just above the knee and suffering from wounds in the left arm and shell shock, caused by a shell dropped from an aeroplane.

Personal details

  • Surname: Glassbrook
  • Forename: Cyril Lund
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Driver
  • Unit: 11th Divisional Ammunition Column.
  • Service number: 116030
  • Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
  • Enlistment date: December 8th, 1915 - 1915-12-08
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: 415423
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Chronicle: 23/11/1917 14/12/1917

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