South Yorkshire Times February 26, 1944

Lost in Italy

Here are pictures of Sergeant John Glover (30) and Private George Goldthorpe (24), of the York and Lancaster Regiment.

As reported last week both men, whose relatives live at 66, Lancaster St, Thurnscoe, were reported to lost their lives in Italy within a few days of each other.

From C.W.G.C.:

PRIVATE GEORGE GOLDTHORPE
Service Number: 453935 Regiment & Unit/Ship York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Bn.

Date of Death Died 22 January 1944
Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY VI. K, 3. Italy

Additional Info
Son of Joe and Ellen Goldthorpe; husband of Monica Goldthorpe, of Upholland, Lancashire.
Personal Inscription
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST R.I.P.

SERGEANT JOHN GLOVER
Service Number: 4744882
Regiment & Unit/Ship York and Lancaster Regiment

Date of Death Died 19 January 1944
Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY II, F, 4. Italy