This site commemorates the men and women of Collingham, Linton and Micklethwaite who served during World War 1. Today we especially commemorate Captain Eric Donaldson of the 1st London Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps who died on this day in 1970.
Gale, Edgar
(1880-1952)

Rank and Unit at End of World War One

Rank 2nd Lieutenant

Service Army

Battalion

Regiment Royal Army Service Corps

Buried Leeds

Biography

Edgar Gale was born on the 15th June 1880 in Hunslet, Leeds the son of Joseph and Selina Gale.

When he was 24, Edgar married Clarice Barton in Thorner Church on the 12th October 1904. Edgar gave his occupation as estate agent.

In 1911, Edgar and Clarice were living at 21 Arncliffe Road, Headingley with their three children, but they must have moved from Headingley to Collingham sometime between 1911 and 1918 because at that time Edgar was on the Collingham Absent Voters List due to Naval or Military Service. A military record of the time gives his address as The Avenue Collingham.

Edgar became a second lieutenant in the Army Service Corps and served in France and/or Belgium from the 30th October 1918, just 12 days before the war ended.

Sources

First World War Medal Index Cards. The National Archives (WO372).
First World War Medal Index Rolls. The National Archives (WO329).

If you have any photographs or further details about this person we would be pleased to hear from you. Please contact us via: alan.berry@collinghamanddistrictwararchive.info