Description
The Gleave Family, Great War Gallipoli and the Balkans Shell Shock Casualty and WW2 Territorial to the Manchester Regiment.
Father
Private John Thomas Gleave Manchester Regiment, Royal Defence Corps and Notts & Derby Regiment, comprising, 1914-15 Star, (2386 Pte. J. T. Gleave. Manch. R.), 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (2386 Pte. J.T. Gleave. Manch. R.), very fine
John Thomas Gleave was born in Manchester in 1888 he served with the 8th (Ardwick) Battalion The Manchester Regiment in the Balkans landing in the Balkans on the 25th September 1914. He served Gallipoli from the 5th May 1915 to the 28th December 1915. The Balkans again from 29th December 1915 to the 18th March 1916. Home 19th March 1916 to 29th March 1918 then France and Flanders 30th March 1918 to the 21st May 1918. He was discharged from the Army with a disabled soldiers pension for “Shell Shock “. The 8th Manchester’s saw some of the hardest fighting in Gallipoli. Copied history of the 8th’s actions in Gallipoli sold with group.
Son
Private J. E. Gleave Manchester Regiment comprising, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, 1939-45 Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, unnamed as issued, Efficiency Medal, GVIR, Territorial suspension, (3523380. Pte. J. E. Gleave. Manch.) very fine.
