In memory of

Warrant Officer class 2

Charles Gordon Glover

who died on 6 Sep 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Warrant Officer class 2
  Service number R110773
  Date of death 19430906
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R110773 Warrant Officer 2 (No. 83 Pathfinder Squadron RAF bomb aimer) Charles Gordon Glover (b.1920) of Windthorst was KIA 19430906 and is buried at Rheinberg war cemetery near Duisberg, Germany. Glover's Lancaster went missing during night operations over Mannheim. He was the son of Charles Oliver (Chuck) Glover who came from Ontario to operate a hardware store in 1906, and married teacher Christina (MacDonald) eight years later. Charles Jr., whose brother Ross spent his career in the Army, left a wife Gladys Caroline (Wilmeroth). He was a clerk for Canada Packers at Winnipeg before enlisting in the Army there late in 1940, transferring to the RCAF eight months later.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 125 - Chester
  Cemetery or memorial location Rheinberg war cemetery, Duisberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Windthorst
  Geo-memorial Glover Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.7167°N / 104.2°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P9
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Stanley Mission.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19200124
  Place of birth Windthorst    
  Date of enlistment 19401016
  Place of enlistment Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Residence on enlistment Windthorst    
  Occupation clerk
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