George's Story.
Pioneer 128974 George Gallimore, 223rd Field Company, Royal Engineers, died of wounds at the 17th Casualty Clearing Station, in northern France on 30th September 1916 aged 38. He is buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck, France.
George Gallimore was born in Haslington in the summer of 1880, the eldest surviving son of Thomas Gallimore (1846–1899) and Ann Tomkinson (1847–1926). His father was a joiner's labourer. In 1891, the family was living in School Lane, Haslington. His father died on 29th November 1899, when George was 19 years old. By April 1911, George was living with his widowed mother at 2 Heath View, Haslington. Like his father before him, he was a joiner.
When he was 32, he married Polly Simms on 9th September 1912. George and Polly already had a son- George Simms (1904 - 1979) who was born on 15th May 1904 and baptised on 26th June at the Primitive Methodist chapel in Sandbach. Their next two sons Fred (1913–1935) and William (1915–1940) had George's surname. (Sadly, both these young men died in their early twenties, Fred at 21 and William at 25)
George enlisted into the Royal Engineers and was sent to fight in France and Flanders as part of the 223rd Field Company, but at present we have no records of where and when. After being wounded, he was taken to 17th Casualty Clearing Station, at La Kreule in northern France. This was a hospital unit, which on the day of his death (30th September 1918) housed 300 patients.
A surgical ward at 17 Casualty Clearing Station in WW1 - George not shown
Pioneer George Gallimore 128974 died in hospital on 30th September 1918. He was 38 years old, and left a widow and three sons. He was buried in the military cemetery in La Kreule, which was a small hamlet 2 kilometres north of Hazebrouck, on the road to St Sylvestre-Cappel and Steenvoorde.
George is remembered on the war memorial in Haslington (his name looks like "Pioneer C. C. Gallimore"), and his full name appears on a road in the nearby village of Winterley.
A road named after George, in Winterley, in the parish of Haslington
In late 1921, his widow Polly married James Henry Healey (1885 - 1946) of 166 High Street, Haslington. She died five years later, in 1926, aged 48. Her eldest son George Simms (1904 - 1979) who was named as the son of George Gallimore when he was baptised, lived until he was 74 years old. He married Lavinia Moulton (1900–1942) in 1928, and his address was 340 Badger Avenue, Crewe. He died in January 1979. Lavinia and George Simms had a son, George Arthur Simms (1928 - 2021), who was George Gallimore's grandson.
Researched by Shena Lewington (November 2025)
George Gallimore was born in Haslington in the summer of 1880, the eldest surviving son of Thomas Gallimore (1846–1899) and Ann Tomkinson (1847–1926). His father was a joiner's labourer. In 1891, the family was living in School Lane, Haslington. His father died on 29th November 1899, when George was 19 years old. By April 1911, George was living with his widowed mother at 2 Heath View, Haslington. Like his father before him, he was a joiner.
When he was 32, he married Polly Simms on 9th September 1912. George and Polly already had a son- George Simms (1904 - 1979) who was born on 15th May 1904 and baptised on 26th June at the Primitive Methodist chapel in Sandbach. Their next two sons Fred (1913–1935) and William (1915–1940) had George's surname. (Sadly, both these young men died in their early twenties, Fred at 21 and William at 25)
George enlisted into the Royal Engineers and was sent to fight in France and Flanders as part of the 223rd Field Company, but at present we have no records of where and when. After being wounded, he was taken to 17th Casualty Clearing Station, at La Kreule in northern France. This was a hospital unit, which on the day of his death (30th September 1918) housed 300 patients.
A surgical ward at 17 Casualty Clearing Station in WW1 - George not shown
Pioneer George Gallimore 128974 died in hospital on 30th September 1918. He was 38 years old, and left a widow and three sons. He was buried in the military cemetery in La Kreule, which was a small hamlet 2 kilometres north of Hazebrouck, on the road to St Sylvestre-Cappel and Steenvoorde.
George is remembered on the war memorial in Haslington (his name looks like "Pioneer C. C. Gallimore"), and his full name appears on a road in the nearby village of Winterley.
A road named after George, in Winterley, in the parish of Haslington
In late 1921, his widow Polly married James Henry Healey (1885 - 1946) of 166 High Street, Haslington. She died five years later, in 1926, aged 48. Her eldest son George Simms (1904 - 1979) who was named as the son of George Gallimore when he was baptised, lived until he was 74 years old. He married Lavinia Moulton (1900–1942) in 1928, and his address was 340 Badger Avenue, Crewe. He died in January 1979. Lavinia and George Simms had a son, George Arthur Simms (1928 - 2021), who was George Gallimore's grandson.
Researched by Shena Lewington (November 2025)