John Henry Gallaher
View John Henry on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
43166
Rank:
Private
Service:
Royal Dublin Fusillers
Origin:
Date of birth:
25 March 1878
Date of death:
04 September 1918
Age at Death:
40
Known information
Private John Henry Gallaher was born in Ireland on 25 March 1878 and lived with his wife Annie at 41, King's Road, Oakham. He was a groom employed at the Army Remount Depot, Sysonby, Melton Mowbray, and enlisted aged 38 on 16 October 1916 in the 4th Dragoon Guards. He went out to France on 14 December and was transferred to the infantry, attached to the lst Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. John went through the fighting for Messines Ridge in June 19l7, but was killed at Ploegsteert on 4 September 1918 when he was hit by a machine gun bullet. His officer spoke of him as a "good and gallant soldier." John is buried at Trois Arbes Cemetery, near Bailleul, grave II.P.14, and is remembered on Oakham's war memorial.
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More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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