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Military service
Service number:
690758
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
116TH Bn.
Birth:
December 31, 1888
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
April 10, 1916
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
October 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. G. 9.
Digital gallery of Private William McCall
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Photo of WILLIAM MCCALL
Private William McCall -
Photo of WILLIAM MCCALL
Private William McCall at Camp Borden in 1916 -
Photo of William McCall
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Photo of William McCall
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Attestation papers
Attestation Papers -page 1 -
Attestation papers
Attestation Papers -page 2 -
Memorial
THE U. S. STEEL CANADA WAR MEMORIAL — in Hamilton, Ontario. Middle Panel - First column - 12th Name Down -
Newspaper Clipping
Private William McCall's Obituary -
Certificate
Oxford Road Cemetery -
Photo of William McCall
<b>In Loving Memory of William McCall December 31, 1888 - October 23, 1917</b> Then strew bright flow'rs on ev'ry grave Wherein a hero lies, And let the dear old banner wave 'Neath freedom's sunlit skies. The first clear notes the bugle blew, Were special calls to them, And with the country's weal in view They went forth strong, armed men. Left fathers, mothers, sisters, wives, And children young and pure, And held as naught their precious lives, That homes might still endure. To them be honor, earnest, true, And may we ne'er forget: They died for me, they died for you, Where hostile armies met. Come, lay upon each grassy bed A garland rich and rare, Wherever sleep our soldier dead, Let them this tribute share. ---Anonymous -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Keith Boswell, England -
Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Grave marker
Private William McCall, 15 April 2016 CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https://cefrg.ca
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Private William McCall
Digital gallery of
Private William McCall
Digital gallery of
Private William McCall
Digital gallery of
Private William McCall
Digital gallery of
Private William McCall
Digital gallery of
Private William McCall
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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