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Le Gallais, E P



Edward Phillip Le Gallais

Private (Lance Corporal) Edward Phillip Le Gallais
8th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers

He served in France and was was gassed. He was discharged in 1919.

He re-enlisted during the Second World War, joining the Wiltshire Regiment for the duration, returning to Guernsey post war.


Edward Phillip Le Gallais was born on 15 May 1895 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, the son of Nicolas (born at Trinity, Jersey) and Catherine, née Reardon from Auckland, New Zealand. He married Bridget Gleeson from Dundrum, Dublin on 7 February 1920 in Cashel, Tipperary. They had seven children during their marriage. Bridget died in 1954 in Guernsey. Edward died on 21 October 1957 at the age of 62 at St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth after possibly living in the Orkney Islands for a period.

Edward Phillip Le Gallais

Edward Phillip Le Gallais in World War Two

His uniform may indicate Royal Military Police

 

 

Courtesy of The Guernsey Press, Robert Reid and Ancestry family trees