World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Richard Gallon
Forename(s):
Richard
Surname:
Gallon
Initial(s):
R
Service Number:
113562
Rank:
Gunner
Regiment:
Royal Garrison Artillery, 349th Siege Battery
Died:
16/06/1920
Aged:
23
Buried:
Wooler, St Mary's Church, Northumberland
Service History:
Apart from the 1901 & 1911 Censuses plus the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1835-1915, no military service data is available via Ancestry.co.uk.
It's pure speculation but it may be a case of assuming Gallon will have enlisted at Wooler, like his brother. The date of death may suggest he could have been a late victim of the influenza pandemic which swept across the world from the beginning of 1918 to the end of 1920.
Background:
Born about 1897, at Kimmerstone, near Ford, Northumberland, the son of William Gallon (b. about 1859; at Doddington, Northumberland; a Farm Labourer & Horseman on a Farm), by his wife, Isabella (also b. about 1859; near Dalton, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland), of Brae House, Cheviot Street, Wooler.
Five siblings: Emily (b. about 1886; at Ilderton, Northumberland; a Farm Servant / Farm Worker after she left school); Sarah Jane (b. 1889; at Ford; in 1911, a Dressmaker); twins George & James (b. towards the end of 1890; at Ford) & Margaret (b. about 1893; at Ford; another Farm Worker).
Like his older brother, James, by 1911 had become a Horseman on a Farm. There's no mention of George in the 1911 Census.
One of two sons lost - see, also, Private James Gallon (Regimental service #27859; Northumberland Fusiliers 12th [Service] Battalion; Died 3 July 1916).
Local Memorial:
Wooler War Memorial