William Callaghan
Rank: Private
Service No: 265261
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 29/01/1918
Theatre of Death: Egypt
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1st/7th Bn.)
Cemetery: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Callaghan.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Patrick Callaghan, 8 High Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Patrick, brother Peter and Sisters Elizabeth and Catherine.
1901 census information:
Address: 64 Glasgow Road, Rutherglen.
Father: Patrick (36), coal miner, born about 1865 in Hamilton.
Mother: Jane (33) born about 1868 in Lugton, Ayrshire.
Sister: Margaret (13) born about 1888 in Lugton, Ayrshire.
Sister: Elizabeth (10) born about 1891 in Lugton, Ayrshire.
Brother: Michael (8) born about 1893 in Canada.
Brother: Peter (6) born about 1895 in Canada.
Self: William (4) born about 1897 in Canada.
Sister: Mary I (2) born about 1899 in Canada.
1911 census information:
Address: 8 High Street, Rutherglen.
Mother: Jeanie (40) born about 1868 in Dairy, Ayrshire.
Sister: Lizzie (19) baker, born abt 1891 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Brother: Michael (18) general labourer, tube works, born about 1893 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Brother: Peter (16) sawer, born about 1895 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Self: William (13) born about 1897 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sister: Cathie (8) born about 1903 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Mr P. Callaghan, 8 High Street, Rutherglen, has received official intimation that his son, Pte. W. Callaghan, 1-7th Scottish Rifles, has been wounded at the Dardanelles, and lies in the Valetta Military Hospital, Malta.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. W. Callaghan, Rutherglen. Mr Patrick Callaghan, ? Street, Rutherglen has been notified that his son, Pte. William Callaghan, Scottish Rifles, died of wounds on January 29. He was 20 years of age and had been through the Dardanelles campaign. Prior to the outbreak of war he was employed with Messers Stewarts and Lloyds, Dalmarnock Road.