Edward McCallum 1894 - 1979

Name: Edward McCallum

father : Edward McCallum

mother : Mary McCallum

Birth: 23 Aug 1894, Achindrain (7h 15 min)

Siblings:

• Mary Ann McCallum 1892 - 1904
• Edward McCallum 1894 - 1979
• Neil McCallum 1897 - 1969
• John McCallum 1900 - 1950 known as Jock

Marries : Margaret Cuthbertson 1944, Fort William (KILMALLIE (INVERNESS) /INVERNESS 098/B1 0005 No Image)

Death : Feb 1979, (Inveraray Parish)
Burial : Kilmalieu Burial Ground

Census:

• 1901

Achindrain¹
All speak Gaelic & English but Neil (Gaelic only) and John (left blank)
3 room with windows

Name	Rel.	Con.	Age	Occupation	Er/W/OA	Born
Edward McCallum	Head	M	54	Farmer		Achindrain
Mary McCallum	Wife	M	32			Barndive
Mary Ann McCallum	Daur		8	Scholar		Achindrain
Edward McCallum	Son		6	Scholar		Achindrain
Neil McCallum	Son		4			Achindrain
John McCallum	Son		10m			Achindrain
Annie McInnes	General Servt		15	General Servt		Goatfield

• 1911

Auchindrain²
All speak Gaelic & English
3 rooms with windows

Name	Rel.	Age	Con	yrs	Ttl Chd	Liv Chd	Occupation	Industry	E/W/OA	at home	Born
Edward McCallum	Head	64	M				Farmer chiefly grazier		Employer		Inveraray
Mary McCallum	Wife	40	M	19	4	3					North Knapdale
Edward McCallum	Son	16	S				Farmer's Son assisting on Farm		Worker		Inveraray
Niel McCallum	Son	14					School				Inveraray
John McCallum	Son	10					School				Inveraray

1916 :

A picture of Private Edward McCallum, Tyneside Scottish Regiment. FB township - Nov 2012 : written by Bob Clark, director of Auchindrain Museum, 2009- Today we remember the fallen of all the wars. We do not know the names of any Auchindrain people who went to war and did not return, but we remember them regardless. Here, to help us, is a picture of Private Edward McCallum, Tyneside Scottish Regiment. When conscription came in 1916, Eddie was exempt because he was needed to help his father with the farm work. But his younger brother Jock was conscripted. Eddie was having none of that: Jock was totally hairless after being poisoned as a small child, and Eddie felt the other men would make fun of him. So Eddie volunteered, and Jock stayed behind to farm. There's courage. We know from Eddie's son (Eddie IV) that his father was involved in the Thessalonika campaign, and we have one photo of Eddie with Greek writing visible on a sign. But that's all. The Great War service history of individuals is notoriously hard to trace because records were not kept to that level of detail. It is often not even possible to track by regiment or battalion, because of the extent to which individuals or units such as companies were often detached to strengthen others, elsewhere. responses to facebook posting Q : any history why it was the tyneside scottish and not the argyll's A from Township: The reason that Eddie McCallum ended up in the Tyneside Scottish rather than the Argylls is a generic story of the Great War. If you volunteered early on in the conflict you could pretty much pick your regiment. However, once conscription came in, it was different. When men completed their basic training and were deemed ready to go and fight, they were allocated in groups to whichever units needed men as a result of casualties. So Eddie McCallum ending up in the Tyneside Scottish simply means that on the day his name came up for allocation to a fighting unit, that regiment was being sent replacements for the fallen. Q : Thanks , what about service history, any info on where he was posted, great story already. Township : We know from Eddie's son (Eddie IV) that his father was involved in the Thessalonika campaign, and we have one photo of Eddie with Greek writing visible on a sign. But that's all. The Great War service history of individuals is notoriously hard to trace because records were not kept to that level of detail. It is often not even possible to track by regiment or battalion, because of the extent to which individuals or units such as companies were often detached to strengthen others, elsewhere. Q : Medal card indexes may provide an inclination, but unlikely to go down to specific geographical areas (more broadly, coded countries level are often recorded). However, the cards also often contain a roll reference number which can indicate the battalion in which the individual served: this allows us to research the history of that particular battalion, providing likely contexts for the individual concerned. Pension records can help too. So, if you, or someone you know is researching an invididual check this site out: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/medal-index-cards-ww1.htm// Need to check some of this as it is not clear that the Tyneside Scottish were in Salonika and John would have only been 16 in 1916 http://www.1914-1918.net/salonika.htm - now called Thessalonia 102nd Brigade (Tyneside Scottish) The Brigade was attached to the 37th Division between 6 July and 22 August 1916, following extremely heavy casualties incurred by the Brigade during the attack at La Boiselle on 1 July 1916 Tyneside Scottish http://www.mexborough.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index_files/TynesideScottish1.htm http://books.national-army-museum.ac.uk/story-of-the-tyneside-scottish-pr-25898.html//

Meets Margaret Cuthbertson (Peggy) of Fort William
George Murdoch Cuthbertson 1939, Peggy's son takes Eddie's surname
1946 : Son Eddie is born

Papers donated by Eddie McCallum in 2012

Young Eddie is born and grew up at Auchindrain
as he left school, he trained as a joiner, rather than going into farming
His father gave up the tenancy in 1963

1950 : 30th June : Letter from Eddie papers : from General Registrar Scotland about Eddie resigning from being Registrar of births, marriages, deaths.

1961 : bought the Fergie into the Township

1963 : gave up the Township tenancy, as he retires at 69 years old.

1979 : Eddie dies : GROS 528/00 0003

Images of Eddie
The township have scanned images of Eddie from photographs given by his son.

• Eddie Ploughing
• Eddie at Furnace with cart
• Eddie in 1930's sheep shearing gathering

ORAL HISTORY

Place Names recording : PN1969.03 MacCallum, Eddie
School of Scottish Studies : flagged up by Adam OBrian on facebook.
This recording is in English and has information about all the local placenames. Do you know the nearest living relative of Eddie? If you do, you could easily acquire a copy from the School.

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Alistair Mckellar interview at Township

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Military Records from The National Archive (through Ancestry.com databases) for Edward McCallum
Nothing fits Edward McCallum yet.

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 : * Edward McCallum born abt 1878 20 Corporation Buildings, Leith
British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 : * Edward Campbell McCallum - from Campbeltown
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920: * 4 records, all downloaded, none of ours
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 : * 1 record, obviously not ours !
UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949 : * Sir Henry Edward Mccallum

The National Archives database
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of First World War Mercantile Marine Medals and the British War Medal

• Medal Card of McCallum, Edward Richard Place of Birth: Ardrossan Date 1891

Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service

• McCallum, Edward John Register Number: 1395 Division: Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 04 June 1917

Admiralty: Officers' Service Records (Series III)

• Name McCallum, Edward Gough Rank: Honorary Major Date 10 May 1847

Royal Chelsea Hospital Service records

• EDWARD MCCALLUM Born KILLERD, Antrim

Footnotes

1. GROS 1901 Census 509/00 001/00 009 JA

2. GROS 1911 Census 509/00 001/00 008 JA