Send a Message via the The Wartime Memories Project Website
Send a Message via The Wartime Memories Project Website
Your message will be forwarded to the last contact details we have, your email address will not be passed on, they can reply to you via this messaging system.
Please scroll down to send a message.
209216
Pte. John Joseph Gallagher
British Army 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
John Gallagher was the eldest son of John and Ellen Gallagher, descendants of Irish immigrants. The story goes that John refused to go to Ireland where he had relatives to avoid the war and lied about his age when he enlisted. He was killed 2 months before his 21st birthday on 27th April 1918 and is buried in Lijssenthoek Cemetery in Belgium. His name is on the memorial in St Bernard's RC Church, Halifax.