Gallagher Hugh Pte 4456636
Personnel Entry
Name Gallagher Hugh
Army number 4456636
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1910/11.
Age 29 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL M/OR/14061 - Category "C" dated 4/8/43 Casualty L while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of Andrew and Mary Gallagher, husband of Mary Gallagher, Deckham, Gateshead.
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