Family number 010

William GLASSPOLE [145] m: 1877 Julia Littel B. MORLEY [010]
Robert GLASSPOLE   Dorothy Williams [004]
12 Jan 1833 - 8 May 1930   1851 - 6 May 1934
No children    

A cutting from an unknown newspaper of unknown date said:

OLDEST NAVAL OFFICER
Death of Man Who Served 84 Years Ago

Fleet Engineer William Glasspole, retired, who died at Waterlooville, near Portsmouth, yesterday, in his 98th year, is believed to have been the oldest officer of the British Navy. He entered Woolwich Dockyard for training 84 years ago, in 1846, and went through the Crimean War and the Abyssinian campaign, accompanying Lord Napier to Magdala. He was a shipmate of the late Lord Fisher on the Warrior.

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