Private John Glenn

John Glenn was the son of Hannah Carr, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester. He enlisted in the General Service Corps, transferred to the Coldstream Guards and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Glenn successfully completed his glider training, and was posted to 1st (Airborne) Battalion, The Border Regiment and took part in operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Pte Glenn was wounded in the Westerbouwing area on 21 September 1944, and was taken to an aid post. Being a POW the Germans transported him on a stretcher to the William III Barracks at Apeldoorn. From there he left on a cattle truck train for Stalag XIB, Fallingbostel, on 3 October 1944. Due to the nature of his injuries and the bad medical conditions he did not recover. After being liberated from the camp he was so alarmingly weak that he was admitted to the Ashridge Hospital, Little Gaddesden, Berkhampsted (Hertfordshire) immediately, and there he died of Cachexia and pulmonary tuberculosis on 24 October 1945, aged 21. He was buried on 30 October 1945 in the Manchester (Philips Park) Cemetery. (Roll of Honour, 5th revised edition, 2011).

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