EDWIN GEORGE GLADMAN
Edwin is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.
Born: 17th December 1917, Ipswich.
Died: 28th March 1945; age 27; was machine-gunned down (with all his crew) when leaving a tank after it had been struck by a Bazooka.
Residence: 30, Firsby Avenue, Croydon, Surrey.
Employed: Brown Bros., Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Surrey.
Served with the 8th Army (Desert Rats) in Tripoli. Edwin was one of the first to make land on “D-Day” and went on to Holland and Germany.
Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 7908179.
Regiment: 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpe Shooters), Royal Armoured Corps.
Grave Reference:
46.H.11.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,
Kleve,
Germany.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Percy George & Florence Jane Gladman, of Shirley, Croydon, Surrey.
Father: Percy George Gladman, born July 1883, Islington, Middlesex.
Mother: Florence Jane Gladman (nee Dickens), born December 1886, Stratford, Essex.
CENSUS
1921 11, Park Road, Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
Edwin was 3 years & 6 months old and lived with his parents and sisters.
Percy Gladman, 38 years & 11 months old, a Commercial Traveller for Phillip & Piper Ltd. – wholesale clothing manufacturer, of Christchurch Works, Ipswich.
Florence Gladman, 36 years & 6 months old, Home Duties.
Margery Florence Gladman, 5 years & 4 months old, at School, born Ipswich.
Betty Matilda Gladman, 14 months old, born Ipswich.
1 female domestic servant….from Ipswich.
Edwin was educated at Portland Road School, Croydon. He was a member of an amateur dance band, playing the drums, and a member of the Croydon Y.M.C.A.
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