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• Name GALLOWAY
• Initials W
• First name WALTER
• Place of birth Cassop
• Country Co. Durham, England
• Last residence Cassop, County Durham
• Family Son of John (coal miner) and Mary McGeorge, of Cassop, Co.Durham; six brothers: John (1862), Samuel (1866), David (1870), Joseph (1872), William (1875), Daniel (1880); one sister, Jane (1881)
• Profession Regular soldier and coal miner at Shotton Colliery, County Durham
• Extra info Twice been reported as dead, during the Boer War and on January 30

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Durham
• Service number 7012
• Rank Private
• Medals South African Medal, 1914 Star, British War medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry
• Division - Brigade 18th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 6th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Enlisted on the 27th December 1899, Posted to the 1st battalion Durham Light Infantry, served in South Africa during the Boer War, served in India, leaving the Colours on the 30th December 1907 mobilised August 1914. To France on 5 January 1915

Death

• Wounded 5th August in support lines near Hooge
• Type of wounds Gunshot wound to abdomen
• Date of death 10 August 1915
• Died at the age of 38
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery III - D - 15

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