Author: A. Strome Galloway
Alternate names: Andrew Strome Ayers Galloway
Born: November 29, 1915
Died: August 11, 2004
Bio: COLONEL STROME GALLOWAY, ED, CD
Andrew Strome Ayers Galloway was born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan on November 29, 1915.  He was a career soldier, author, letter-writer, noted monarchist and heraldry expert. At 16 years of age he joined the Elgin Regiment (Militia) in St. Thomas, Ontario as a boy soldier and was commissioned two years later.  During World War II he served with the Royal Canadian Regiment in the UK, Sicily, Italy and the Netherlands and with the 2nd London Irish Rifles (British Army) in the North African campaign. His record is unique in that he was present with his regiment in 25 of the 27 actions for which it was awarded Battle Honours by the Crown. In addition, he was present with the London Irish during the winning of three of its Battle Honours. He was wounded once. In the 1945 Ontario provincial election Colonel Galloway was unanimously nominated to oppose the Hon. Mitchell Hepburn, a former premier of Ontario, in the riding of Elgin, but was unable to return from Europe in time to stand. He married Jean Love in May 1948. Colonel Galloway was Colonel of the Regiment of The Royal Canadian Regiment (1989-93); Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment of The Regiment of Canadian Guards (1967-71); Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the Governor General’s Foot Guards (1969-79) and serving Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the 78th Fraser Highlanders. He was an Officer in the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and a Knight Commander in the (International) Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem and a Grand Officer of Merit in the same Order. He was Bannerman in Scotland to the 30th Chief of the Name and Arms of Carmichael and by letters patent of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, at Her Majesty’s Register House in Edinburgh, he was ranked as a noble in the noblesse of Scotland. Honorary Editor Emeritus of Heraldry in Canada, Colonel Galloway was a Fellow of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada and a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Heraldry. He was a contributor to various publications in Canada, the United States and the Commonwealth. For many years his column Brave Yesterdays appeared in Legion magazine. He was the published author of nine books, most of them military in nature, including his autobiography, The General Who Never Was, and How to be Scottish, A Guide for North Americans. Colonel Galloway was an Honorary Life Member and Past President of Ottawa Branch (No. 16) Royal Canadian Legion and an Honorary Past Commander of Pinellas County Post No. 144 of the Royal Canadian Legion in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. He was also Honorary President of the former Ottawa and District Garrison Sergeants Association and an Honorary Life Member and Past President of the United Services Institute of Ottawa and an Honorary Life Member of The Royal Canadian Regiment Association of London, The Regiment of Canadian Guards Association and the Governor General’s Foot Guards Association of Ottawa. For some years he was a member of the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto and of the Cavalry and Guards Club, London, England. He was co-founder, with Mr. John Aimers, of the Monarchist League of Canada.
A 1949 graduate of the Canadian Army Staff College, he was graduated from the National Defence College in 1962. In 1964, while commander of Fort Churchill, Colonel Galloway received the Boy Scouts of Canada “Thanks Badge”. In 1975 the Mayor of the Italian city of Rimini presented him at a public ceremony with the city’s Medaglio d’Argento for his wartime services in that country, in particular the liberation of Rimini in September 1944. In 1967 while Military Attache at the Canadian Embassy in Bonn, Germany, he was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal. On retirement from the regular army in 1969, Colonel Galloway tried his hand at federal politics and, in the 1972 general election, contested the riding of Ottawa-Carleton with the Rt. Hon. John Turner, later Prime Minister of Canada, but was defeated. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, the Canadian 125-year Medal in 1992, and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002. He died in Ottawa on August 11,2004.