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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Dvr. Albert Glen
British Army 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:London
(d.24th Mar 1918)
Albert Glen, was my grandfathers twin brother, he also had a younger and an older brother who survived the great war, whenever my Father asked grandad about his twin he was only told he died young due to the time he grew up and the conditions we naturally presumed it was infant mortality, my grandfather was in his 50s when my father was born. At a family funeral I mentioned to my Aunt ( my fathers much older sister) that all of our relatives had survived the war, she then pointed out that Albert was in the RHA and had died on the Somme. I have a copy of his death certificate from the army also at my aunts house was a long letter written by my great uncles commanding officer to his father telling him that he was shot by a sniper and died instantly from his wounds and felt no pain. He relates that due to the German push through the forest of the Ardennes they were rushing to the front and they were unable to stop and commit his body, so they entrusted his body to our Canadian brothers to bury him I am trying to get hold of the letter but my aunt has since passed away and one of my cousins has it in a box, I have asked for it so that I may take it to the Imperial War museum for safe storage and display my Great Uncle is commemorated on the memorial at Arras and I was the first member of my family to see it. My great grandfathers passport also lies in this box postwar he worked on salvaging and destroying munitions, repairing roads and rail links, the prefectures marked in his passport are those that his late son passed through.
I am going to try to locate some records for the regiment to identify where he was killed and buried, possibly with the help of the letter and maybe take my elderly father along. Since Albert was killed no twins have been born on our family. Each year when I visit Italy I stop at Arras to say thank you. On the 9th of September I shall take my nephew Jonathan along to see the memorial and his now distant relatives name.
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