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ADMIRAL GLOSSOP.

ESTATE WORTH £21,205 LEFT. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, March 11. Vice-Admiral John Glossop (retired), who died last December, left £21,205. Admiral Glossop was a midshipman on H.M.S. Calliope when it effected its marvellous escape from disaster during n hurricane at Samoa in 1889. His greatest achievement, however, was the sinking, when in command of H.M.A.S. Sydney, of the German cruiser Emden at Cocos Island on November 9, 1914.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 128, 12 March 1935, Page 5

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ADMIRAL GLOSSOP. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 128, 12 March 1935, Page 5

ADMIRAL GLOSSOP. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 128, 12 March 1935, Page 5