The Connaught Rangers.
3rd Battalion.
Son of Thomas Glover and Annie Brannan.
Buried in an unmarked grave in Cork Military Cemetery.
Commemorated by a headstone in Grangegorman Cemetery.
The registration of his death, records him as being 17 years old.
The Death Certificate state the following.
Deaths Registered in the District of No.1, in the Union of Cork, in the County of the City of Cork.
Year:
1915.
Date and Place of Death:
Sixteenth April, Military Hospital.
Name and Surname:
William Glover of Kinsale.
Sex:
Male.
Condition:
Bachelor.
Age last Birthday:
17 years.
Rank, Profession, or Occupation:
Private, 3rd Connaught Rangers.
Certified Cause of Death, and duration of Illness:
Inflammation of Knee Joint, 2 months, 11 days, Exhaustion, Certified.
Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant:
Adam J. Leech, present at death, Military Hospital.
When Registered:
Seventeenth April.
It is unclear from the above document, whether William Glover was born in Kinsale, of if his battalion was stationed there at the time.
No person named William Glover, who matched the details given above, could be found in the 1901 or 1911 census of Ireland.
The Connaught Rangers.
3rd Battalion.
Son of Thomas Glover and Annie Brannan.
Buried in an unmarked grave in Cork Military Cemetery.
Commemorated by a headstone in Grangegorman Cemetery.
The registration of his death, records him as being 17 years old.
The Death Certificate state the following.
Deaths Registered in the District of No.1, in the Union of Cork, in the County of the City of Cork.
Year:
1915.
Date and Place of Death:
Sixteenth April, Military Hospital.
Name and Surname:
William Glover of Kinsale.
Sex:
Male.
Condition:
Bachelor.
Age last Birthday:
17 years.
Rank, Profession, or Occupation:
Private, 3rd Connaught Rangers.
Certified Cause of Death, and duration of Illness:
Inflammation of Knee Joint, 2 months, 11 days, Exhaustion, Certified.
Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant:
Adam J. Leech, present at death, Military Hospital.
When Registered:
Seventeenth April.
It is unclear from the above document, whether William Glover was born in Kinsale, of if his battalion was stationed there at the time.
No person named William Glover, who matched the details given above, could be found in the 1901 or 1911 census of Ireland.