Sergeant-Major Howard Elmer Galloway
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Galloway,
Howard Elmer
Date of birth: 1893-10-16
Place of birth: Calgary Alberta Canada
Next of kin: J.H. Galloway, 601 5th Street, West Calgary, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Carpenter
Occupation (normalized): Carpenter, General
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1918-08-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Caix British Cemetery, II. A. 3.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 447083
Highest Rank:
Sergeant-Major
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Sergeant-Major, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army). ? to 1918-08-09
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in attack at ROSIERES. Wounded on 15th September 1916 during the advance from Pozieres to Courcelette during the Somme offensive. Killed at the Battle of Amiens August 1918.
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 314744
LAC ID:
406743
Service file: B3386-S045
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James H. and Margaret Galloway, of 601, 5th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta.
When this man was wounded in September 1916 he was listed as a Sergeant in the 31st.
Circumstances of Death "Whilst advancing to an attack with his Battalion under heavy enemy machine gun fire he was instantaneously killed. "
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and the war diary. This man is also on the CWGC site. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion Company Sergeant Major Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion C Sergeant Acting Company Sergeant Major ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-01