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251353 Lieutenant Robert Dickson Glover

Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of operation ‘Market’

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Born on: 01 Jan 1919
Died on: 19 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 25
Buried at: Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 22.A.8.

Rest in Peace Lieutenant Glover:
Royal Artillery, attd. 11 Bn. A.A.C.
Son of John Honeyman Glover and Jeanie Simpson Glover, of Lenzie, Lanarkshire.


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