Captain William Augustine Gallagher

Regiment: 2nd East Lancashire Regiment
Date published: 14/05/1915
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 10/03/1915
Age at death: 32
Cemetery: Vieille Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Pas de Calais, France
Plot: VII. C. 4.
Information: Captain William Augustine Gallagher, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action on March 14th, was the only surviving child of Mr. and Mrs. William Gallagher, Charlemont Place, Armagh. He was born in 1882, obtained his commission in the East Lancashire Regiment in August, 1906 and was promoted Lieutenant in 1908 and Captain in 1914.
Additional information: Mentioned in Despatches. Son of William and Margaret Gallagher. Born at Armagh.