75 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca GALLOWAY, Clarence WWI Clarence Galloway was born in Carberry, Manitoba on August 22, 1897, the son of Jean (Stewart) and John (Jack) Galloway. He enlisted in the 61st Battalion in Winnipeg on August 12, 1915. The 61st Battalion trained at Camp Hughes in 1915, spent the winter in Winnipeg and shipped to England on April 24, 1916. It was broken up to provide reinforcements for other battalions. Clarence was initially sent as one of the 586 men from the 61st Battalion to reinforce the 44th Battalion, another Manitoba unit, on May 12, 1916. Clarence was then re-assigned as a reinforcement for the 3rd Battalion, originally a Toronto unit. The 3rd Battalion was part of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Canadian Division. Clarence arrived at the 3rd Battalion on the Ypres front in late June 1916 as one of the 349 ranks sent to the unit after it had taken heavy losses in recent fighting. The 3rd Battalion moved to the Somme front in late August 1916. On October 7, 1916, the Battalion marched from the city of Albert for issue of equipment for their next attack. They moved forward to their jumping off trench along the north side of the Dyke Road some 1,600 yards northeast of the village of Courcelette and were complete in that position by 11:30 pm. On October 8, 1916, at 4:50 am, fourteen officers and 481 men of the 3rd Battalion went over the top, attacking in four waves. Their objectives were portions of the Regina trench, a very strongly held German position. The Battalion easily took their first and second objectives within fifteen minutes, having advanced some 1,300 yards. They established defensive positions and waited. The first two hours were fairly quiet, then the Germans began heavy shelling and counter-attacks. At 1:30pm, the Battalion was forced back from the second to first objective. All grenades were exhausted by 2:45pm and all rifle ammunition by 3 pm. The men tried to continue to fight the Germans with their bare fists but were quickly forced back to the original jumping-off trench. In total, one officer and 85 men made it back to the original position. Clarence was killed in this action on October 8, 1916 somewhere forward of the jumping-off trench and his body was not recovered. His name is listed on the Vimy Memorial as one of those missing in France with no known grave. GARDINER, Hugh William WWI Hugh was born on December 22, 1894, to James and Euphemia Ellen (Stewart) Gardiner, in Neepawa. He enlisted in the Army on July 17, 1915 in Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England with the 5th Battalion and truly fought nobly and long, and received high commendation from his officers. On September 26, 1916, in the Battle of the Somme, near Courcelette, France, Private Hugh Gardiner was killed in action. He was memorialized at the Vimy Memorial, Department du Pas-de-Calais, France.
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