Henry MacCall

Major-General Henry Blackwood MacCall CB (15 August 1845 – 22 July 1921) was a senior British Army officer.

Henry MacCall
Born15 August 1845
Paris, France
Died22 July 1921(1921-07-22) (aged 75)
Southsea, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held1st Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
41st Regimental District
59th (2nd North Midland) Division
Battles/warsIsazai Expedition
Chitral Expedition
Siege of Malakand
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

MacCall was commissioned into the 60th Regiment of Foot on 16 February 1864.[1] He served as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps with the Isazai Expedition in 1892, the Chitral Expedition in 1895 and the Siege of Malakand in 1897.[2] He went on to be commander of the 41st Regimental District in Cardiff in 1897, Deputy Adjutant General in India in February 1899 and commander of a 2nd Class District in India in 1901.[3]

He retired in August 1902 but was recalled to serve as General Officer Commanding 59th (2nd North Midland) Division on Home Service from January 1915 to November 1915.[4]

References
  1. "No. 22820". The London Gazette. 16 February 1864. p. 724.
  2. Army List. 3. 31 December 1919. p. 1030. ISBN 9781781502976.
  3. "Major-General H. B. MacCall, King's Royal Rifle Corps". DNW. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. Becke, Maj A.F. History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8, pp. 17-23
Military offices
New title GOC 59th (2nd North Midland) Division
January 1915 – November 1915		 Succeeded by
Raymond Reade
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