The Newcastle Daily News carries an obituary on the death of his father, Thomas L. Gledstone, which reports that he never recovered from the shock of losing his younger son.
The same obituary states that the older brother was Rev. Fred Gledstone, who was now on active service with the R.A.M.C.
Herbert Reginald Gledstone is remembered at Consett on C101.01 and C101.02 and in Durham on D47.020 and D47.057
