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13/07/2020 Peter McCallan enlisted in 1942.
13/07/2020 Sad news has reached Mr James McCallion, of Limehill, that his son, Private Peter F McCallion, has been killed in action in France. Peter joined up about two years ago. He was a very popular young man and the entire sympathy of the district is extended to his bereaved relatives.
13/07/2020
13/07/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 2nd September 1944: Pomeroy
04/09/2019
04/09/2019 The CWGC record Guardsman Peter McCallan as the son of James and Brigid Ann McCallan of Pomeroy, County Tyrone.
04/09/2019 Guardsman Peter McCallan is buried at St. Charles De Percy War Cemetery, Calvados, France. His inscription reads TO THOSE WHO STOP BY THIS GRAVE SAY ONE "HAIL MARY". HIS LOVING PARENTS.
04/09/2019 Guardsman McCallan was killed in heavy fighting serving in the Guards Armoured Division between Caumont L’Evente and Vire, France, in the major allied trust to drive a wedge between the German 7th Army and Panzer Group West in the latter part of the Normandy Campaign.
04/09/2019 Guardsman Peter McCallan was serving with the 3rd Battalion of the Irish Guards when he was killed in action on 11th August 1944 in France. He was 25 years old.
04/09/2019 Possible family: James McCallan, Brigid Ann McCallan, Patrick McCallan (born 13th March 1915), Eileen McCallan (born 7th December 1917), Peter McCallan (born 25th May 1919).
04/09/2019 Peter McCallan was born on 25th May 1919 in the Pomeroy area.
04/09/2019 Peter McCallan was the son of James and Brigid Ann McCallan. James McCallan and Brigid Quinn were married on 24th June 1914 in the district of Cookstown.
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