Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William Dick Galloway
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: CZ/412
- Rank: Able Seaman
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- Unit/Ship: Howe Battalion, R.N. Div
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 21
- Date of Death: 06.04.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Gazaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension
- Grave/Mem Ref no: I.K.3.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 22 Baldovan Tce, Dundee
- Occupation: Machineman, Maryfield Chair & Cabinet Works, Dundee
- Mother:
Mary Galloway, 22 Baldovan Tce, Dundee
- Father:
William Galloway, 22 Baldovan Tce, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William Dick Galloway
Served at Gallipoli.
Petty-Officer, William Galloway, Royal Marine Light Infantry, has been killed in action. He was a son of Mr and Mrs Wm. Galloway, 22 Baldovan Terrace, Dundee. P.O. Galloway enlisted three years ago in the R.N.D., with whom he served through the Gallipoli expedition. Subsequently he went to France, and had been there for eighteen months. About a month ago he was transferred to the R.M.L.I. P.O. Galloway was 21 years of age, and prior to enlistment was a machineman with Francis East & Co., Ltd., Maryfield Chair and Cabinet Works, Dundee.
Dundee Courier 15th April 1918
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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