Roll of Honour
Private
Robert De Glanville
Student
Robert de Glanville was born in Burma on the 18th October 1896, son of an Irish father and Burmese mother. His father was a barrister who became President of the Burmese Legislative Council.
Robert was educated at Carlisle Grammar School, and afterwards he went to the University of Glasgow to study Engineering. He was there for only a short time as he signed up for active service on the 8th September 1914. He joined the 6th Battalion Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. A comment in the School Magazine in 1917 from Robert’s peers in the Cameron Highlanders’ Battalion reads:
"All speak well of him… and his courage and pluck were splendid. These characteristics endeared him to his comrades, but not so much as another virtue of his - his unselfishness. Lance-Corporal Spence told me of how De Glanville often gave up his rations to any young boy in the trenches."
Robert died at Loos, France, on the 25th September 1915. An account of his death, written by a Private David D Munro who lay beside him on the battlefield for the last hour of his life, said that he died peacefully.
Comments and Citations
University of Glasgow Registry, Faculty and General Council Records
Biography: biographical information and image contributed by Linda Hodgson of Trinity High School, Carlisle, England
The University of Glasgow is a registered Scottish charity: Registration Number SC004401
