Captain Hugh Fanshawe Glanville
Formerly 1st Battalion, West Indian Regiment, 2nd Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force
Died of Injuries received when his plane crashed
Date of Birth: 25th November 1884
Place of Birth: Chobham, Surrey
Date of Death: 24th May 1918 aged 34
Buried: Dirleton Parish Churchyard, East Lothian. Remembered on St Michaels Church Memorial and Teignmouth Seafront Memorial
Mentioned in Despatches (Citation not located)
Captain Hugh Fanshawe Glanville age 34. Mentioned in Despatches. Born in Chobham 25 November 1884 and baptised at Holy Trinity, Chobham on 25 December, the younger son of the Rev. Owen Glanville and his wife Emily. He was living with his family on 1891 census at The Cedars, New Road, East Teignmouth.
By 1901 Hugh was listed as a boarder at Mannamead College, Seymour Road, Plymouth, but his family were still living in Teignmouth. Hugh was descended from the Glanvilles of West Devon. He married Beatrice G Savory, a widow, by special licence in London on 20 April 1918. He died just 34 days after getting married.
Hugh is shown on Hart's Army List for 1st Battalion, West Indian Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant from 28 January 1905 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 6 November 1907.
London Gazette 17th April 1913
He was awarded Royal Aero Club certificate 307 (which showed his address as 'Halwell', Sidmouth, Devon), and the certificate notes his test was taken on a Bristol Biplane at The Bristol School, Brooklands on 1 Oct 1912.
He is mentioned as being in action in November 1914 with 5 Squadron, RFC and in May 1915 with 16 Squadron, RFC.
Hugh was gazetted Major (Temporary) with the West Indian Regiment from 1 September 1916 until 17 March 1918.
Reverting to his rank of Captain he was transferred to 2nd Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force based in North Western Gullane, East Lothian.
Dirleton Parish Churchyard.Image from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Certificate - downloaded
On 23 May his training plane an AVRO 504 crashed at West Fenton and Hugh died from his injuries on 24 May 1918.
Buried in Dirleton Parish Churchyard, East Lothian. Remembered on Seafront Memorial and St. Michael's Church Memorial, Teignmouth.
"Capt. HF Glanville, 2 TDS, DOi received 23.5.18 in AVRO 504 D.44 with Pte. NS Grant who was unhurt."
RAF report
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"Captain Hugh Fanshawe Glanville, R.A.F., who died at the V.A.D. Hospital at Gullane, E. Lothian, on May 24th, as the result of an accident while flying the previous day, was the younger son of the Rev. O.F. Glanville, South Brent, Devon, and husband of B.G. Glanville.
Major Hugh Fanshawe Glanville was the commander of No. 28 Squadron flying Sopwith Camels. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in January 1913, from the 1st West India Regiment in which he had served for eight years.
He accompanied the British Expeditionary Force to France in August 1914, as a member of the Royal Flying Corps. He had also seen service in Italy with the R.F.C."
Listed in Flight Magazine 1918 Casualties section
Captain Glanville's Avro 504. Image courtesy of Andrew Fogg, Aircraft is part of The Shuttleworth Collection.
