Barney McCall

Barney Ernest Willford McCall MC (13 May 1913 – 31 March 1991) was an English-born Welsh cricketer, rugby player and British Army officer.

[1] His final year of attending the college saw McCall make a single appearance for Dorset in the 1931 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire.

[5] He was selected to play for Wales in the 1936 Home Nations Championship, making his debut against England at St Helen's a no-score draw, in doing so becoming the 500th Welshman to be capped for the country.

[7] McCall attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst as a gentleman cadet and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Welch Regiment on 2 February 1933.

[13][14][15] He was re-appointed to his commission with the Welch Regiment on 20 July 1938 with his seniority backdated to 3 June 1937, from the time of his reappointment he was attached to the Officers Training Corps (Junior Division) at the King's School, Canterbury.

He was with the battalion when it arrived in France at the end of June 1944 and attended the burial service of its commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel ERG Ripley on 1 July.