Gallagher, Francis –

Son of Francis and Margaret Ann Gallagher, of 87, Oak Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed at the Earl of Ellesmere’s Brackley Colliery, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1915, aged 17.

Personal details

  • Surname: Gallagher
  • Forename: Francis
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 19
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: February 9th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion.
  • Service number: 19433
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq
  • CWGC reference: Panel 27.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 15/01/1915 02/03/1917 07/12/1917
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7e 6g* S21*
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 02/03/1917 06/07/1917 30/11/1917 28/12/1917

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