268966 Lt John Gordon Cowlings GLENNIE, 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers: 27/10/43

Remembering Today 27/10/43

Killed along with 22 other Irish Fusiliers, including its commanding office Lt-Col Beauchamp Butler DSO, during the attack on San Salvo.

Faugh a Ballagh !

GLENNIE, JOHN GORDON COLLINGS

Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 268966
Date of Death: 27/10/1943
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1st Bn.
Grave Reference VIII. D. 31.
Cemetery SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John S. and Dorothy F. Glennie, of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

 

Richard

ALL of those battles around that area were bad ones - up to Ortona
Cheers

 

Tom,

Agreed about this.

Indeed it is invidious to pick one men out of so many, but I have made some recent contact with someone who knew John Glennie : hence the remembrance note.

best,