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In Vielle-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France is the Commonwealth War Grave of 709 Private Thomas McCall, serving with the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers who died 13/10/1914.
He was born in Edinburgh, but had enlisted in Newcastle.
Thomas was married to Jeanie/ Georgina and the couple had one son George born September 12th 1912.
He was employed by the NER as a Renewal Gangman, at Manors Newcastle. He was 29 years of age, and had been employed with the NER for one and a half years.
He was killed in action on the 13th October 1914.
Source: NER Railway Magazine 1914 page 300
Thomas McCall is remembered at Alnwick in A11.43 page 58 and on the North Eastern Railway War Memorial (York).