GLENTON, ARCHIBALD
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Corporal
7887997
26/09/1944
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Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 1st
II. E. 15.
Not just today but every day in silence we remember you.
Dad, Ivy and Bill
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Son of Joseph and Adelaide Glenton, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
He died of wounds at the field hospital in the village of Meerveldhoven where he was initially buried.
From the service records of Archibald Glenton, the following account can be reconstructed.
Archibald Glenton was born on 11 January 1919 in Milford Haven, Bedfordshire. He was described as being 5 feet 11⅕ inches tall, with hazel eyes and brown hair.
He enlisted in the British Army on 21 April 1937, joining the Royal Armoured Corps. Before and during the early years of the Second World War, he spent a long period overseas, serving in Egypt from 18 August 1938 until 10 September 1943.
Following this, Archibald served with the British North Africa Force from 11 September 1943 until 6 January 1944. On 2 June 1944, he was posted to North-West Europe to take part in the Allied campaign following the landings in Normandy.
Archibald Glenton died of wounds on 26 September 1944, after many years of continuous overseas service.
Original gravesite at Meerveldhoven.
