John Richard Donovan Glascott

Glascott was born on 10 June 1877 in Nuddea, Bengal, India.[6] He was the son of George Annesley Glascott and Charlotte Ellen Louisa (nee Meares),[1] and educated in England at Bedford Modern School, from 1886 to 1895.[5] Glascott was always interested in railways and contributed to the Model Engineer & Amateur Electrician in 1902 at the age of fifteen.[7] After leaving school, he became Captain of the Bedford Wanderers and later became Captain of the Town Club.[5] Glascott played on several occasions for the East Midlands and the Barbarians.[5]

After school, Glascott joined the Queen’s Engineering Works in Bedford and afterwards gained experience with The Tube and the Great Eastern Railway.[1][5] In 1902 he went to India as an Assistant Engineer to the Bengal Nagpur Railway.[1][5] In 1904 he was appointed an Assistant Engineer in the Burma Railways,[1][5] in 1907 became Signals Engineer and in 1911 became Deputy Chief Engineer of the entire rail network.[1][5] In 1919 he was made Chief Engineer of the Burma Railways.[1][5]

In 1920, Glascott became Agent of the Burma Railways.[1] In 1926 he was made CIE.[8] In 1929, when the Indian Government took control of the Burma Railways, Glascott became first Agent of the Burma State Railways.[1][5][3]

Glascott was also Commander of the Burma Railways Auxiliary Force and played cricket for Burma against Madras and Ceylon.[5] He was reputed to be one of the best billiard players in the country.[5] He retired in 1932.[5]

In 1907, Glascott married Miss O’Reilley Blackwood who survived him.[5]