BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN GALLOWAY (1848-1912) & SARAH ANN FOWLER (1859-1947), AT 46, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A PAINT GRINDER FROM DUBLIN. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN WW1.
A GENERAL LABOURER AND A MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. HE WAS HUSBAND TO ALICE SILLIS (BORN 15 NOV 1888), LIVING AT EAGLE TERRACE, THE GROVES, HULL, 30, DERBY TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL AND 3, SIDNEY TERRACE, SIDNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, IN HULL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT NO:4 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, IN BELGIUM, ON 15/11/1916, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ALICE AND THEIR TWO YOUNG SONS, JOHN AND ALBERT. HIS WIDOW RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 25/5 SHILLINGS, ON 3 JUNE 1918.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE DAVID GALLOWAY, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED ON 17/07/1916, AGED 30. ANOTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS GALLOWAY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED ON 16/09/1916, AGED 23. BOTH WERE KILLED AT THE SOMME IN 1916.
| Name | Evans Galloway |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1889 |
| Death Date | 15 Nov 1917 |
| Death Place | Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Central Hull |
| Rank | Gunner |
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery 223rd Brigade, B Battery |
| Battalion | Territorial Force |
| Regimental Number | 765495 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
