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Pte. James Galley MM.
British Army 11th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.16th Aug 1917)
James Galley worked at Bradford Coal Pit in Manchester for 15 years before joining up at the outbreak of War. He was married to Harriet Dance and they had a daughter who died young. He lived at Thomas St Miles Platting Manchester.
James initially went to Gallipoli and was 33 when he died during the Battle of Langemarck in the area of Passchendaele.
Pte. John Galley
British Army 7th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:Congleton
(d.13th July 1916)
Pte John Charles Galley
British Army 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.7th July 1916)
John Charles Galley died in France and never saw his only son, John Charles Galley, born 1915 in Manchester, who was the father of my husband John Charles Galley, born 1945 in Plymouth. So the name lives on.
Pte. Charles Galliers
British Army 10th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Pool Quay
(d.22th Aug 1918)
The adopted son of Annie Roberts, Charles Galliers enlisted in Oswestry. Shortly before the end of the war, he was killed in action on the western front in France at the age of 22. Charles is buried in Merville Cemetery and is remembered on both the Cambrian Railway War Memorial and the Guildsfield War Memorial.
Sto Harry George Gallop
Royal Navy HMS Amethyst
from:Dorset
Harry George Gallop served on HMS Amethyst, HMS Constance and HMS Iris.
Pte. William Frank Gallop
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Gnr. Alfred Galloway
British Army 254th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Godstone, Surrey
A/CSM Evans Haire Galloway
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Kenilworth Park, Dublin
Evans Galloway was originally from Glasgow, Scotland. He was working as a salesman in Dublin prior to enlisting. Signed up on 22 November 1915. He went to France in August 1916. Was promoted to corporal on 29 November 1916. Promoted Sergeant 20 January 2018. Appointed acting Company Sergeant Major to 19th Battalion Corps School 26 June 1918.
He returned from France 21 February 1919 and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
Pte. James Galloway
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Godstone, Surrey
(d.25th Apr 1915)
L/Cpl. Victor Galloway
British Army 6th Btn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
from:Godstone, Surrey
(d.3rd Jul 1916)
Victor Galloway was killed on the third day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 20.
Lt. Henry Gallup
British Army 1/5th Hampshire Howitzer Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Brentor, Devon
(d.http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/lieute)
Pte. Randolph Galpin
British Army 2nd Btn. Coldstream Guards
(d.16th September 1916)
Randolph Galpin's name is recorded on the village war memorial in North Cheriton, Somerset and on the Thiepval Memorial.
Cpl. John Galvin
British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Southall
John Galvin played in the Band of the 1st Bedfordshires.
Pte. William John Galvin
Australian Imperial Forces D Coy. 33rd Btn.
from:Inverell, NSW
William Galvin saw action with the 33rd Battalion at the Battle of Messines in June 1917. He was wounded in action and treated at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in England in October 1917. William also served during the second world war.
Rflmn. A. Galway
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.17th June 1916)
Rifleman Galway died of wounds on 17th June 1916. He was the son of John and Mary Galway, Balloo, Antrim and was 21 years old when he died.
He was buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extn., Grave III.A.6.
Pte Albert John Galyer
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:159, Gloucester Rd., Regent's Park, London
(d.27th May 1918)
Galyer, Albert, John. Private, 69647, Killed on 27th May 1918. Aged 19 years.
Buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 2, in grave I. C. 6.
Son of Herbert John and Mary Ann Galyer, of 159, Gloucester Rd., Regent's Park, London.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Frederick William Gamage
British Army 2nd Battalion Border Regiment
from:Shoreditch, London
(d.1st July 1916)
Frederick William Gamage was born in November 1872 in Shoreditch Middlesex; he was the son of John Smith Gamage and Sarah Harriet (nee Arnold). At the age of 19 he enlisted in the Army and is described as 5ft 61/4 inches tall weighing 119 lbs, dark brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion. He was posted to Hamilton in Scotland to join the Cameroon’s (Scottish Rifles). He was soon struck down with bronchitis and was in hospital until Feb 1892. Soon after being released from hospital he was transferred to 2nd Border Regiment and became Pte. Gamage 3808. He soon embarked for India and was stationed in Mooltan but was again hospitalized. He was discharged from hospital and sent back to England and discharged from the Army as an invalid in 1894. He married Annie Law in London in 1896 and had 9 children.
At the outbreak of war he enlisted again at the age of 37 years and was posted into his old battalion 2nd Border Regiment. He served in France at Neuve Chapelle but was he was invalided back to England once again in 1915. During this time he was granted leave to visit his family but overstayed his pass and became an absentee but no action was taken. There is also a note to say the he was claimed to have enlisted fraudulently†but a memorandum was sent to Preston saying that “he was serving with the expeditionary force†and no further action was taken once again.
We find him in trouble again when he is absent without leave in December 1915 and this time he had to forfeit 22 days pay and 14 days field punishment. During this punishment he escaped and went absent without leave again on 17 December 1915 until 16th January 1916 during which time he sold his uniform and equipment. This time when he was captured he was tried for being absent and losing his clothing and regimental necessaries and sentenced to 56 days detention.
On the 28th of April 1916 Private Gamage embarked on a troopship for France and by the end of June 1916 was billeted in the village of Morlancourt. On the 30th of June 1916 the battalion was moved up to the front line for the attack on the village of Mametz in what was to be the biggest battle the world had ever seen, the Battle of the Somme.
At 7.30 on the morning of 1st July 1916, the hottest day imaginable, after intense bombing all along the front, tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed out of their trenches to the shrilling sound of whistles and the sun glinting on their bayonets, advanced in a line.
Private Frederick Gamage was among the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 14 Platoon D company, of the Border Regiment 7th Division on the fateful day. They came under heavy machine gun fire from Hidden Wood. Sadly Pte Gamage was one of the casualties being posted as “wounded and missing†on the morning of the attack. His body was never recovered and he is now commemorated at the Theipval Memorial in France. I was lucky enough to go and see this for myself 2011
2/Lt. B. W. Gamble
British Army 11th Btn. A Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
A.Co.Sgt.Mjr. Bernard Gamble
British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Ampthill
(d.13th December 1914)
Acting Company Sergeant Major Bernard Gamble, husband of Lilian Gamble, 2 Austins Lane, Ampthill; born Hopton, Yorkshire. Initially enlisted Cockermouth, Cumberland with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (service no.6787) he served with the 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment (service no.9288).
He died of his wounds on 13th December 1914 in France and Flanders and is buried in Bailleul Cemetery, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. Charles Henry Gamble
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:42 Fowler Street, Derby
(d.7th June 1917)
Charles Gamble, my great uncle was the youngest of five brothers who all enlsted, the eldest Thomas was in the 9th battalion of the Foresters and was killed in action at Galipoli on the 9th August 1915 his service number was 13379. The next eldest brother Richard (my grand father) service number was 36006 and he was in the 6th Notts and Derby regiment, then there was Wiliam, and Frederick and I am unable to trace which regiments they were in. As a point of interest My Great uncle on my Fathers side was Jacob Rivers VC who fell on March 12th at Nueve Chapelle.
2/Lt. D. Gamble
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
2/Lt D. Gamble served with the 11th Royal Irish Rifles.
Horace Gamble
British Army 143rd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Leicester
Sgt. James Kenneth Gamble LS, GC.
British Army 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Fleckney, Leiestershire
My Grandfather Ken Gamble joined the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards on 20th January 1913 his regimental no was 9951, he became qualified in drill, rifle, lewis gun maxim gun and map reading. He served on the home front util 13th August 1914 when he left for France disembarking at Le Harve as far as I am aware they moved up to Mons fort a rearguard action in the retreat from Mons and fought in the battle of Marne. He fought in France until early 1916 when he was wounded and then served on the home front from 2nd February 1916 till 21st September 1922, when he served in Turkey for twelve months coming home in 1923. He continued in the Coldstreams till discharged on 12th December 1933. During his service he received the 1914/18 Star, British war victory, long service and good conduct medals.
On leaving the army he and some palls formed the Wigston Branch branch of the British Legion and used to meet in his front room till they purchased the current British Legion Club in Wigston. Sadly my Grandfather died when I was 11 or 12 I still miss him to this day he was a wonderful man. I still have his medals and his soldiers Service book and pay book plus his Soldiers Small Book I can't believe they are 100 years old.
Sergeant Roland Cavendish "Bob" Gamble
British Army Machine Gun Corps
My Grandfather lived in Leeds and was serving an apprenticeship as a printer when he joined the army. His employer very kindly kept open his job until his return. He died in 1978.
Capt. Walter Raynes Gamble MM, MC.
British Army 9th Btn Yorkshire Regiment
from:Kings Lynn
(d.12th Jun 1917)
Walter Gamble was commissioned from ranks following award of Military Medal. He was part of BEF from 1914 and won his Military Cross at Contalmaison. He was shot by a Sniper near Caterpillar crater and Hill 60. I visited my Great Great Uncle this year where he is buried at Lijssentoek and tracked down a number of letters at the Imperial War Museum donated by another branch of the family to whom I am very grateful.
Pte. Henry Gambles
British Army 7th Btn, C Company Border Regiment
from:1 Catherine Terrace, Birkett Bank, Wigan
(d.15th Feb 1916)
Henry Gambles was born on 6th of September 1887. He was a miner working at Giants Hall Colliery, Standish, Wigan.
He enlisted into the Border Regiment on 25th of March 1915. He was 27 years old, but said he was 24. His next of kin was listed as his father, Robert Gambles of Swinley Hall Farm, Wigan. However, he asked for his personal effects, if found, to be forwarded to Miss Florence Neary of 13 Hardybutts, Wigan.
The 7th Borders left Winchester for Boulogne in July 1915 and served in France and Flanders, in the trenches and in training.
Henry was killed at The Bluff in the south of the Ypres Salient Belgium during the night of 14th/15th February 1916. We believe he was a Bomber, a soldier trained to throw Mills Bombs (hand grenades). He and colleagues were trying to force the enemy out of some British trenches that the Germans had recently occupied. We believe that he was buried in a marked grave, but that this grave was destroyed later in the war by shelling.
He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial to those with no known grave. His name is also, with other 7th Border Regiment members, on the Wigan War Memorial. There is a bronze plaque naming those employees of Giants Hall Colliery killed in the Great War. This was originally erected at the colliery, but when it was closed, the plaque was moved to its current location in the lynch gate of St Wilfred's Parish Church Standish.
Sgt. David James Game
British Army 6th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:Bedford St. Leamington Spa
Sgt. David James Game served with the 1st Battalion South Lancs 1904-1913 [7yrs India], 2nd Battalion South Lancs BEF 1914 [Battle of Mons] and 6th Battalion South Lancs BEF 1915-1919 Gallipoli and Mesopatamia
My grandfather was born 23rd August 1888 in Cambridge, he was one of 9 children, his parents moved to Leamington around 1899, and they lived in Bedford Street. Grandad enlisted with the 1st Battalion South Lancs in 1904 aged 15 years old, he was under age, on his service record he put his DOB as 1886, he served 9 years, 7 of them in India, he left in 1913 to join his brothers in Canada. Unfortunately war broke out and Grandad was back to the UK, he was now with the 2nd Battalion South Lancs as the 1st Battalion served the war in India.
Being in the regular army he was with the BEF [British Expeditionary Force] who were sent out to France whilst the New Army was being trained. I am able to piece together my grandfather’s experiences from himself, his service records and the War Diaries. Having served in France between 5 August and 22 November 1914, Grandad was truly "An Old Contemptible". He was also entitled to wear the clasp & rose to his 1914 Star Medal, awarded to all those who served under fire with the original British Expeditionary Force. By European standards the peacetime British Army was very small, but what it lacked in numbers it made up for in quality. Its Regular soldiers were long-time service professionals, confident in their marksmanship and discipline, and intensely proud of their Regiments. In comparison with the largely conscript continental armies, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) of 1914 was indeed ‘a rapier among scythes’
Grandad took part in, the battles of Aisne and La Bassee, From 12th to 29th October 2nd South Lancashires experienced severe fighting and heavy casualties at the Battle of La Bassée, on the 21st October under cover of the mist, the Germans penetrated the front of the South Lancashires, on this day alone they lost seven officers and over two hundred men , but despite determined German attacks the battered line never broke.
First Battle Ypres: 2nd South Lancashires joined the 1st Loyal North Lancashires in the Ypres fighting, withstanding repeated attacks at Nonne Boschen 11th-13th Nov. The battle swayed back and forth as fresh German divisions were committed and, with ever decreasing numbers, the British Regular Army fought almost literally to the death, constantly attacking , withdrawing and counter attacking. The line held but at a terrible cost, both battalions being reduced to barely company strength. "Although names are given to periods of fighting, it is not possible to describe them as battles. It was a period of continuous, prolonged, ruthless encounter hardly interrupted at night. Our troops had no rest. They were out-numbered, out-gunned and opposed by a determined, skilful and implacable enemy. The fighting was largely individual. The casualties were so heavy that units lost their identity and were roughly grouped under brigades. The troops fought in shallow trenches and shell holes, and in terrible weather conditions. In addition to wound and death casualties, they suffered from frozen feet and knees and from rheumatism. Repulse of German attacks was a daily commonplace. Hourly shelling, to which no reply was possible, owing to shortage of ammunition. Only at night could supplies be brought up and wounded removed. As soon as dusk fell, Ypres was crowded with vehicles passing in and out...
It was at Nonne Boschen on the 13th Nov my granddad was wounded, he was returned home to England. In July 1915 he was with the BEF attached to the 6th Battalion South Lancs on his way to Gallipoli, they sailed from Avonmouth in June 1915, landed at Cape Helles (Gallipoli) 7-31 July, then moved to Mudros. Landed at Anzac Beach 4 August 1915. They were in action in The Battle of Sari Bair, The Battle of Russell's Top and The Battle of Hill 60, at ANZAC. It was here in Gallipoli he was promoted to Sergeant. They were evacuated from Gallipoli and went to Egypt via Mudros.
February 1916 he was on his way to Mesopotamia, the 6th Battalions of the East Lancashires, South Lancashires and Loyal North Lancashires, veterans of Gallipoli, were sent to Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) . They landed at Basra in March 1916. They formed part of the 38th (Lancashire) Infantry Brigade of the 13th (Western) Division of Kitchener’s New Army Here they had to acclimatize into the extreme weather conditions. Even so, with temperatures regularly exceeding 50 deg.C, death and illness from heat-stroke were common and dysentery, malaria and other tropical diseases were endemic. Grandad was used to the high temperatures, from his time spent in India, he partook in the battles here, and he finally returned home in March 1919. He was so very lucky to have survived all this, to come home, due probably to his expert pre war training.
He married Ellen Donald in 1920. On his return home from the Great War to a home fit for heroes, he found 2 1/2 days a fortnight work, digging trenches" for pipes. In 1923 - 1926 he joined the East Lancs as a private. Re-enlistment was encouraged by the short-term offer of a considerable financial incentive, this enabled my grandparents to eventually buy their home in Coventry. I believe he was truly a remarkable man.
A/Sgt. Herbert Game
British Army 11th Service Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Ongar Road, Brentwood
(d.15th Oct 1916)
The son of Robert Game and Sarah Ann Willingham, Herbert Game was born on 26th Oct 1878 in Cockfield, Suffolk. He was part of a large family with many siblings. By the outbreak of the war he had married Alice Symons, the daughter of a coastguard officer, in Blackmore, Essex and had 3 children. In 1911 he and his family were living in Ongar Road, Brentwood. Although the exact date is not known, he volunteered to serve in the army as one of Kitchener’s K3 tranche of volunteers and served in the 11th Service Battalion Essex Regiment. He was killed on 15th October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme; at the time of his death he was an acting sergeant. His body was never found and his death is therefore commemorated on the Thiepval memorial.
Sidney James Game
Australian Imperial Force 40th Battalion.
from:Tasmania
(d.7th June 1917)
Sidney Game was one of three brothers in the 40th battalion, his siblings were Charles and Percy.
2nd Lt. George Henry Gameson
British Army 8th Batallion Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.14th March 1917 )
George Gameson was 24 years old when he died
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