St Stephens by Saltash War Memorial

CALLAGHAN, Arthur Francis

Arthur Francis CALLAGHAN was the son of John Henry & Mary Elizabeth CALLAGHAN. He was born at Saltash in 1896 his birth being registered in the June Q of that year (St. Germans registration district).
 
1901 census aged 4 living with parents & siblings at Burraton Buildings, Burraton Cross, St. Stephens by Saltash.

1911 census aged 15, working for & living with the family of William Joseph DAVEY, grocer of 48, Fore Street, Saltash.
 
WW1 Army Record:
Name: Callaghan Arthur F
Regiment: Essex Regiment
Battalion etc: 1st/5th Battalion
Rank: Private
Service Number: 56355
Enlisted: Not Known
Date Died: 3rd November 1918 – Age 22
How Died: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Middle Eastern
Cemetery: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
 
NB: Arthur Callaghan’s elder brother Serjeant Sidney Callaghan of the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment was also killed in action on the 14th of April 1917.
     
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Contributed by Bill Norton.