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Captain Hugh William McCALL
Bom in London, 28th September, 1878, son of Sir Robert Alfred McCall, K.C.,
K.C.V.O., LL.D., Attorney General for the Duchy of Lancaster.
2nd Lieut., 23rd May, 1900; Lieut., 11th April, 1902; Capt 29th June, 1906
; Adjt., 2nd Vol. Bn., 27th July, 1910—27th October, 1913; Major, 1st
September, 1915 ; Brevet-Lieut.-CoL, 1st January, 1918; Lieut-Col., 1st January,
1927; retired, 16th November, 1929.
Served in the Boer War, 1900/02. Operations in the Transvaal. 30th November,
1900, to end of the war (Queen's medal and 5 clasps). In the war of 1914-18,
proceeded with the 2nd Battn. to Belgium, and was present in the fighting
at Ypres (wounded). Served in France on the Staff of the 60th Division as
D.A.A. and later as A.A. and Q.M.G., and was present at the operations at
Vimy Ridge, June to October, 1916. With the 60th served on the Macedonian
front, and took part in the operations at Lake Doiran, in April, 1917. Also
served with the 60th Division in Egypt and in the Palestine campaign, and
was at the capture of Beersheba, the battle of Sheria, the capture of Jerusalem
and Jericho, as well as in the operations east of the Jordan, between March
and May, 1918. Was also present at the operations in Palestine and Syria in
October 1918 (twice mentioned in despatches, C.M.G., D.S.O., Brevet of Lieut.-CoL,
4th Class Order of the Nile, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, 1914 star,
bronze and silver medals). Served with the Shanghai Defence Force in 1927
in command of the 1st Battn, Green Howards.
Died 15 December 1957 in Millbank Hospital, London.
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