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Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Private Frank William Glithro.    Born on the 19^th November 1881 in Islington, London, the son of William and Elizabeth Glithro. His father was a Labourer. On the 6^th March 1899 he enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division, service number CH/12573. On the 21^st May 1910 he married Charlotte Emily Farrier at St Clement’s Church, Church Street, Sandwich, Kent. On the 2^nd April 1911 he and his wife are shown on the census as visiting James and Ethel Temple at 22 Balham Road, Lower Edmonton. In October 1911 he was appointed as a Postman in London’s Northern District Office and transferred to the Western District Office in April 1912. He was recalled at the outbreak of war as Royal Marine Reserve, RMR/B/1797, and was aboard the armed cruiser H.M.S. Aboukir when, along with two other ships which formed part of the 7^th Cruiser Squadron, they were sunk by the German submarine U-9 on the 22^nd September 1914 in area of the North Sea known as Broad Fourteens, off the coast of The Netherlands. 527 lives were lost from this ship. He was 32 years of age. As his body was not recovered for burial, he is also commemorated on Panel 7 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kings Bastion, Chatham, Kent. He is also shown on the Sandwich War Memorial that is within the grounds of St Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent.