209731 Frederick Glenton British Army 7th Btn. London Regiment from:South Africa My Grandfather Fred Glenton ran away when he was 16 London England to fight in the Great War. He was in the Shining London 7th and he was the person who ran down to the trenches to say the war of over. he used to sing "It's a Long Way to Tipparery" and "The Girl that I Marry" when he was shaving when I was a little girl. He wanted to go to the 2nd World War but the SA Government wouldn't allow him to as they said he had to keep the tea industry going in the war effort, when all the soldiers came home from the war he gave all of them jobs selling tea all around South Africa and at a lot of funerals I have been to everyone started off working for Glenton & Mitchell when they came back from the war. He was an absolute gentleman and such an amazing man but he always suffered from horrendous headaches and they said it was due to the gas in the trenches. I have a brooch my grandmother had made to copy the insigna of the 7th Battalion and I wear it proudly of a great gentleman who fought in this most terrible war. Please if anyone knows anything about my wonderful grandfather please email me
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