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Early Life :
Born 1867 at Kings Cross, Middlesex to Elizabeth and Robert GlennyBorn Duninglas?, Enlisted at Armagh (Death date corresponds) .
Husband of Maud E. Glenny, of 13, Onslow Rd., Rochester.
Daughter: Gladys Margaret Glenny
1881 Resident near Hornsey
1882-85 Resident at 86 Campsbourne Road, Hornsey (overseer returns)
1886 128 Myddleton Road, Hornsey
1886 Petty Sessions against Robert Glenny for "Larceny from the Person before convicted of felony". 11/1/1886. He was acquitted and given £11 5s 2d in costs or expenses.
1891 Resident Kidbrooke
1903 Initiated as a Freemason in Colchester.
1915-16 – In Rochester.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Action : No Data |
No Data has been recorded for the final action, because none has yet been found. If you have any information to offer, please contact the Project Team so we can add.
Detail :
Service No. 6514 Sergeant Robert Glenny, No. 10 Company Royal Army Medical Corps Died: 25/3/16.
He was a Sergeant in 1903 so possibly saw active service in the 2nd Boer War, but not confirmed. Served at Home during the Great War.
Died, aged 50, at Westcliff according to Soldiers Died in the Great War. Death Registered at Q1/1916 at Rochford, Essex.
His grave is tended by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission where he is buried at Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent. The inscription stated “NOT GONE FROM MEMORY OR FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO FATHER'S HOUSE ABOVE”
See also: RAMC WW1.
A 19 year old Frederick Gooch described Robert as his Uncle upon enlistment into 5th Battalion K.R.R. (Ser No. R/12898) 15th May 1915. Both him and Robert were resident at 53 Onslow Road, Rochester.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Comrades Lodge No. 2976 E.C. | Essex |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
19th October 1903 | 19th October 1903 | 21st December 1903 |
Employed at a Sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps and resident at the Military Hospital in Colchester in 1903 when initiated. The Lodge was only a couple of months old at the time. The contribution record shows that he “Died 25/3/1916” after war service.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley