Memorial

Private James Leathem Galway

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Dundonald Presbyterian Church, Church Green, Belfast, Belfast, Antrim, BT16 2LP, Northern Ireland

NW 54173 28618

Presbyterian

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 6243
Description: Brass plaque
Inscription: ERECTED BY/ JAMES LEATHEM GALWAY SOLICITOR AND MARY CRAWFORD GALWAY/ HIS WIFE IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR ELDEST SON/ PRIVATE JAMES LEATHEM GALWAY (LEA)/ 31ST BATTALION CANADIAN INFANTRY/ BORN 25TH AUGUST 1896, MORTALLY WOUNDED WHILST STORMING A/ GERMAN MACHINE GUN REDOUBT AT COURCELETTE ON 15TH SEPTEMBER/ 1916 DIED OF WOUNDS IN HOSPITAL 25TH SEPTEMBER 1916 AND INTERRED IN/ BOULOGNE WESTERN CEMETERY GRAVE NO. C.755/3979/ EXTRACT FROM LETTER OF REVD J FORBES, CHAPLAIN/ "HE WAS A HEROIC LITTLE GENTLEMAN TO THE END AND/ DIED CALMLY TRUSTING IN HIS HEAVENLY FATHERS WILL"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of birth, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of burial, manner of death, relationships

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good