Will Gladstone

[6] In 1909, Gladstone was the Assistant Private Secretary to John Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen who was serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

[6] He stood as the Liberal Party candidate in the Kilmarnock Burghs by-election held on 26 September 1911 and was elected as the member of parliament (MP).

Gladstone was commissioned into the British Army on 15 August 1914 as a second lieutenant (on probation);[2][9] he had originally wished to enlist as a private but was advised to become an officer.

[6] He was initially buried in France, but permission was granted by King George V for his body to be brought back to the United Kingdom.

[17] A further act of commemoration came with the unveiling in 1932 of a manuscript-style illuminated book of remembrance for the House of Commons, which includes a short biographical account of the life and death of Gladstone.

Gladstone as a child in 1887 with his famous grandfather
William Gladstone in 1911 around the time of his election as an MP
Gladstone in military uniform in 1915
Gladstone's funeral procession leaving Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, Wales, on 23 April 1915
Gladstone's funeral procession passing through the village of Hawarden