Gladys Amy Bywater was the daughter of Walter William Bywater and Amy Florence Mould.

Gladys was born on Sunday 14 October 1900 in Coventry, Warwickshire.

Gladys married Charles Henry Long in 1921 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Charles Henry Long:

- Raymond C. Long	born in 1922 at Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- Audrey D. Long	born in 1926 at Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Details of Gladys's death are not known.