Private 40537 James Callon

Family details:
Siblings are legatees

Census details:
1901 - 3 years old James is living at 15 Sylvan Glen, Ashton-In-Makerfield with parents Peter (42), Elizabeth (42) and nine siblings: Ann (24), Joseph (20), Ellen (18), John (15), Simon P (13), Alice (10), Margaret (7), Thomas (6), Mary (9 Mths). 1911 - Sees 13 years old 'Labourer On Farm' James, sisters Margaret (17), Mary (11) and brother Thomas (16) living at 22 Fair View, Billinge which is the home of married sister Ann Roby (33), her huband Thomas Roby (33) and their four children: Mary Roby (9), John Roby (5), Alice Roby (3), Elizabeth Ann Roby (1).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url]

James was born on the 16th of October 1897 the son of Peter and Elizabeth Callon (nee Duckworth), and was baptised on the 30th of October 1897 at SS. Oswald and Edmund Arrowsmith R.C. Church, Ashton in Makerfield. He enlisted in St. Helens to join the East Lancashire Regiment. While serving in France he was killed in action on Monday the 23rd of September 1918. He was 20 years old and is buried in the Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave V.E.17. His name is recorded on St. Aidan`s C.E. Church Memorial. Sources:- St. Helens Local History Library, Soldiers killed in the Great War; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; SS. Oswald and Edmund Arrowsmith Church Registers. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information Courtesy of The Billinge History Society[/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/40537JamesCallon.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/J_Callon_ELR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private James Callon at Roclincourt Military Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of R Houghton)[/caption]