By Holly Robinson

Bill and Dorrie Glover died within two days of each other after 61 years of marriage.

They were apart for five years when Mr Glover was captured by the Germans in the Second World War but since then, the loving grandparents had only been separated for short spells when one of them was in hospital.

Mr Glover, 85, died on Wednesday morning at St Martin's Hospital in Bath. For the past few years he had cared for his wife, who could not walk well.

Mrs Glover, who was 86, died at Trowbridge Hospital on Monday. She had developed Alzheimer's disease within the last year.

Their son Terry said: "They spent their time together. They were just devoted to one another and he was her sole carer. People didn't know how he did it.

Mr Glover, who was originally from Hull, joined the Army on his 18th birthday and the couple met before the war when he was stationed at Trowbridge Barracks with the Royal Horse Artillery.

Mrs Glover was born in Trowbridge and worked in the cloth mills as a mender until their son was born in 1950.

They had married in September 1939, after war had broken out, and had to obtain a special licence to marry the next day.

After the war, the couple lived with her mother and then in Rutland Crescent before moving to their home near The Down in 1947.

Mr Glover started work with Nestle in 1948, rising up the ranks to become a foreman in 1960 and then a supervisor at the new Cross and Blackwell factory when the firm moved to Staverton. He retired in 1980 and enjoyed gardening and decorating and watching snooker and football.

The couple doted on their two grandchildren, Lisa and Adam.

The joint funeral will be at West Wiltshire Crematorium in Semington on December 7 at 2.30pm.

Family flowers only are requested but donations in the couple's memory, if desired, will go to children's cancer charity, CLIC .