Private 1785 Jonathan Callon
Regiment/Unit: Royal Fusiliers - 3rd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 09/05/15
Age at death: 29
Date of death: 24th of May 1915
(Monday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 6 and 8
BMD details:
Marriage of Jonathan Callon to Mary Elizabeth Young registered Q2 1910 at Prescot, Lancashire.
Vol 8b - Page 1090.
Family details:
Widow Mary E is legatee.
Census details:
[comment]1891 - 5 years old schoolboy John is living at 4 Ball Street, Parr, St Helens with parents John (42), Margaret (35) and five siblings: Margaret A (16), Elizabeth (14), Barbara (11), Joseph (9), Thomas (2).
1901 - Shows 15 years old 'Joiners Labourer' John living at 4 Ball Street, Parr, St Helens with his parents John (53), Margaret (45) and eight siblings: Barbara (21), Joseph (19), Thomas (12), [cas=332]James Callon[/cas] (9), Isaac (7), Lilly (4), May (3 Mths).
The eighth sibling is Elizabeth Shaw (24) who has her 2 year old son Joseph living there.
1911 - Sees 25 years old 'Traveller For Grocer' John living at 30 Blackbrook Road, St Helens with his parents John (62), Margaret (55) and four siblings: Thomas (22), [cas=332]James Callon[/cas] (19), Isaac (16), and Lilly (14).[/comment]
Notes:
[note=135]Two Callon Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url]
CWGC and the St John the Evangelist Memorial have his forename as 'JONATHAN'.
The census gives John as the forename.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/1785JonathanCallon.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/JonathanCallon-RFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Jonathan Callon on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of [url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1966751]Find A Grave[/url])[/caption]
SHROH ref. 288