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Callan, H.A., Dvr., 1917

Photo: Angela Conroy

In Hooge Crater Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 165341 Driver Hugh Anthony Callan, serving with the Royal Field Artillery who died 06/10/1917.

In Preston Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:

Sacred to the memory of
Hugh Anthony Callan
31 December 1883 – 6 November 1917
Buried near Ypres in Flanders
Matilda Callan
18 June 1883 – 2 April 1961
Anthony Callan
28 July 1916 – 20 March 1990
Mary Kerala Callan
9 September 1917 – 5 June 2006.

Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he was born in South Bank, Yorks., and enlisted in Middlesbrough.


The CWGC entry for Driver Callan

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk