Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Calligan
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 30650
- Rank: Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
- Unit/Ship: 117th Heavy Battery
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 31.12.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt
- Grave/Mem Ref no: IV.D.10.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 184 Perth Rd, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Mary Ellen Calligan, 184 Perth Rd, Dundee
- Father:
John Calligan, 184 Perth Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
Charles & Peter
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Calligan
For reasons unknown James is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. James was the brother of Sgt Peter Calligan M.M. 21812, 23rd Heavy Battery, R.G.A.
James Calligan 30650 Royal Garrison Artillery
CALLIGAN―Killed in action, on the 31st December, 1916, Corporal James Calligan, Heavy Battery, R.G.A., second son of Mr and Mrs John Calligan, 184 Perth Road, Dundee.
Dundee Peoples Journal 20th January 1917
Information supplied by Gary Thomson
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