Report from the Cumnock Chronicle.
His service record survives and gives his mother as Mrs James Nicol. He was a coach painter living in 25 Lugar Street and aged 21 and 4 months when recruited by Sgt McGill in May 1915. He joined the Cameron Highlanders at Inverness. He was 5 ft 5 weighed 156 lbs and had a chest measurement of 39 ". His mother signed for his scroll as Maggie Nicol. I found a marriage of Maggie Begg and James Nicol in Cumnock in 1910.
In the 1901 census he is with his mother and grandfather
Roadside, Cumnock
James Begg 70 stonebreaker b new Cumnock
Maggie Begg 29 dau
William Begg 25 son gardeners labourer
Robert Begg 22 coal miner
William Mccall 8 grandson b Cumnock
CUMNOCK CONNECTIONS TREE
He died at the Somme in France on 18 July 1916 and is on Cumnock War Memorial and Thiepval in France.
| Name: | William Mccall |
|---|---|
| Birth Place: | Old Cumnock, Ayrshire |
| Residence: | Old Cumnock |
| Death Date: | 18 Jul 1916 |
| Death Location: | France & Flanders |
| Enlistment Location: | Old Cumnock |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |
| Battalion: | 5th Battalion |
| Number: | S/18041 |
| Type of Casualty: | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War: | Western European Theatre |
CWGC
He is also remembered on his mother's gravestone in Cumnock new cemetery. He is named as William Allan McCall.
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| photo taken 18 Apr 2015 by Kay |
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