Born: 24 July 1886; Briar Bank, Greenbrae, Dumfries
Died:Not Known
Other:
JAMES
HUGH MCCALL was born 24 Jul 1886 in Briar Bank, Greenbrae, Dumfries
to parents Gilbert McFarlane McCall, a railway fireman, and Kate McCowan Graham
(who married in Glasgow in March 1886). His mother died in 1899, and
his father remarried the same year.
In the 1891 Census, James, aged 4,
is living 123 Hospital Street, Govan with parents G.M. McCall (27, b. England, locomotive foreman) and Kate (30, b.
Greenock)
His
mother was dead by the time of the 1901 Census, and James, aged 14, is living
123 Hospital Street, Govan with his father Gilbert M. McCall (38, railway engine driver) and his
father’s second wife Maggie (30, b. Rathven,
Banffshire)
There is no
record of James in the 1911 Census, but his father Gilbert is living Allanton
Park Terrace, Fairlie with wife Maggie (m 13 years; 1 child) and
daughter
SERVICE DETAILS The Largs & Millport Weekly News reported on 23
Oct 1915 that he was training in the south of England, having given up an
excellent post in Cape Town and joined the South Africa Heavy Artillery
Extracts
from the Largs & Millport Weekly News:-
23 October 1915 Several of the Fairlie boys over the
seas have answered the call. James
McCall, son of Mr. Gilbert McCall, engine driver, gave up an excellent post in
Cape Town and joined the South Africa Heavy Artillery. At present, he is training in the south of
England.
Regiment: South Africa Heavy Artillery
