Private John George Glidewell

Army Number : 305709

Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Buckden, Hampshire and lived at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. Son of Samuel Francis and Leah Glidewell, of Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse. He was a roller coverer at Pleasley Vale Woolen Mill prior to enlisting at Mansfield. he was killed in action, 27th April 1917, during the attack near Hargicourt, France.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private John George Glidewell is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Yeoman Memorial Park War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Pleasley Vale War Memorial, Nottinghamshire.