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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:19 pm Post subject: James Macallan M.B. Ch.B. |
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This memorial is located within Rutherglen Old Parish Church.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JAMES MACALLAN MB ChB
Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
Who Died on the 9th February 1917 of Wounds
Received on Active Service near KUT-EL-AMARA
Mesopotamia where he is buried
Aged 31 Years
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
(It is sweet and fitting to die for your country)
Name: MACALLAN, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Secondary Regiment: East Lancashire Regiment
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 6th Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 09/02/1917
Additional information: Son of Andrew and Janet Alexander Macallan, of "Underwood," Douglas Avenue, Burnside, Rutherglen. Born at Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXIV. B. 8.
Cemetery: AMARA WAR CEMETERY, IRAQ.
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