Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private R. A. Gallacher, 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, killed in action, 25 September 1915

1914-15 Star (14297 Pte., Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14297 Pte., Durh. L.I.) extremely fine (3)
£100-140

Robert Anderson Gallacher was born in Dumfries, lived at Sedgefield, Co. Durham and enlisted at Deaf Hill, Durham. Serving with the 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 25 September 1915, aged 35 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. He was the son of John Anderson and Elizabeth Gallacher, of North End, Sedgefield, Co. Durham.