William's Story.
Birkenhead News 20 October 1917ANOTHER BIRKENHEAD SOLDIER FALLS.
Mrs. Gleave has received the official notification of her husband’s death in action on Sept. 26th. Pte. William Gleave joined the Army in July, 1915, and was drafted to France the following January. Prior to this he was employed at Messrs. Clover, Clayton and Co.’s, shipbuilding yard. Mrs. Gleave has received a kindly message of sympathy from her husband’s chaplain. Pte. Gleave leaves besides a widow four little children to mourn his loss.