Frederick Callan born 1897 – Military Career First World War: Royal Army Medical Corps

Enlisted 29 Mar 1915 2 Royal Army Medical Corps Reg No 40376 8/2

nd W Field Ambulance

Rank Private Former Trade Warehouseman Embarked Southampton 16 Aug 1916 Disembarked Le Havre 17 Aug 1916 and joined 49

th (?) Base Depot

Attached to 1/1 Field Ambulance 15 Jan 1917 Attached to 146 Machine Gun Company for Water Duties 26 Jan 1917 Granted leave to UK 12 – 26 Nov 1917 Granted 1

st Good conduct badge 29 Mar 1917

Admitted to Field Hospital with appendicitis 19 Dec 1917 Discharged from Field Hospital 1 Jan 1918 Readmitted with dysentery 9 Jan 1918 Then a note just below the dysentery entry giving NOK as mother and Edith Callan, 34 Yardley Terrace, Woodhouse, Leeds Transferred to 14 Ambulance Train 14 Jan 1918 Transferred to No 14 Stationary Hospital Wimereux 14 Jan 1918 Transferred and embarked Belgian Hospital Ship Jan Breydel 27 Jan 1918

Belgian Hospital Ship Jan Breydel

Admitted Addington Park War Hospital (to convalesce from dysentery) 27 Jan 1918 Discharged as Fit for Duty 25 Sep 1918 Joined H Company, RAMC Depot, Squires Gate, Blackpool 27 Sep 1918* Admitted to Seafield Military Hospital, Blackpool, with influenza 16 Nov 1918 Transferred to Kirkham Military Hospital, Lancashire 25 Nov 1918

Kirkham Military Hospital Infirmary, Lancashire

(formerly Kirkham Workhouse) Transferred to KLMC Hospital, Blackpool 3 Dec 1918 Transferred to Dispersal Hospital, Nell Lane Military Hospital, West Didsbury** 3 Feb 1919

Nell Lane Military Hospital, West Didsbury

(formerly the Withington Workhouse)

Around this time there as a worldwide influenza pandemic and unfortunately some soldiers admitted to Seafield with influenza died as a result Discharged Derby 4 Mar 1919 as disabled by influenza caught in Blackpool and considered caught as a result of being in service during the First World War 4 years service Notes: *In the football season which began in Sept 1918 two soldiers stationed at the RAMC Depot in Blackpool, Jimmy Heathcote (debuted 8 February) and Harry Mingay (debuted at the return fixture) played for Blackpool FC. Both went on to sign professional terms with the club for the 1919-20 season when Jimmy Heathcote became that season’s top scorer for the club, with eighteen goals. Whilst Fred may not have known them personally he would most likely have been aware of their presence at the depot and their footballing achievements ** More than 10,000 POWs were held at Nell Lane Military Hospital