Robert Glanville

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Robert Glanville was born before 1835.

Other information

     On 3 August 1860 The London Gazette listed:
List of Casualties in the party from Her Majesty's ship Niger, at the attack and capture of the Maori Pah, on the 28th March, 1860.
Robert Glanville, captain foretop, severely wounded in the leg.
etc
(Signed) W. PATRICK, Surgeon, H.M.S. Niger.
(Signed) P. CRACROFT, Captain and Senior Officer, New Zealand.

No. 11. Her Majesty's ship, Niger, Saranaki, New Zealand, March 31, 1860.
SIR
WITH reference to paragraph No. 4 of my letter No. 10, 1860, I beg leave most respectfully to lay before you a statement of the conspicuous gallantry of William Odgers, leading seaman, upon the occasion of the capture of the Pah, in having been the first to enter it, in the face of the heavy fire opened upon us.
He also assisted in hauling down the enemy's colours, in which act of daring, which was performed under my own eye, three other men equally participated, viz : Robert Glanville, captain foretop, William Older, A.B., and William Clarke, supernumerary marine, belonging to the Iris carrying your broad pendant.
And I should wish to submit for your consideration, whether all these men are entitled equally with William Odgers to the decoration of the Victoria Cross, and if not, then I should beg leave to recommend William Odgers for it, as being the most deserving, for the reason first mentioned.
It would be proper to add that Robert Glanville and William Clarke were both severely wounded in the Pah.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) P. CRACBOFT, Captain and Senior Officer in New Zealand.
Commodore Wm. Loring, C.B., Senior Officer.