# Henry McCall

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{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1895–1980)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [Admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy))
|name= Sir Henry McCall
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|KCVO|KBE|CB|DSO}}
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1895|6|11|df=y}}
|birth_place= [Largs](/source/Largs), Scotland
|death_date= {{death date and age|1980|3|23|1895|6|11|df=y}}
|death_place= [Wonston](/source/Wonston), England
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy)
|service_years= 1908–1953
|rank= [Admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy))
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|commands= [Reserve Fleet](/source/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)) (1951–1953)<br/>Destroyers in the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet) (1949–1950)<br/>{{HMS|Howe|32|6}} (1944–1946)<br/>{{HMS|Dido|37|6}} (1940–1942)<br/>{{HMS|Achates|H12|6}} (1932–1934)
|battles= [First World War](/source/First_World_War)<br/>[Second World War](/source/Second_World_War)
|awards= [Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order)<br/>[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)<br/>[Companion of the Order of the Bath](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath)<br/>[Distinguished Service Order](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order)<br/>[Mentioned in Despatches](/source/Mentioned_in_Despatches)<br/>[Legion of Merit](/source/Legion_of_Merit) (United States)
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[Admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)) '''Sir Henry William Urquhart McCall''' (11 June 1895 – 23 March 1980) was a senior [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who commanded the [Reserve Fleet](/source/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)) from 1951 until his retirement in 1953.

==Naval career==
McCall joined the Royal Navy as midshipman in the [cruiser](/source/cruiser) {{HMS|Hyacinth|1898|6}} at the [Cape of Good Hope](/source/Cape_of_Good_Hope) in 1908.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/MCCALL.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021070810/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/MCCALL.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2012 |title=McCall, Sir Henry William Urquhart |publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|accessdate=27 June 2020}}</ref> He served in the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) as [sub-lieutenant](/source/sub-lieutenant) in the [steamship](/source/steamship) [HMS ''Daffodil''](/source/SS_Royal_Daffodil) from 1915, as Executive Officer in the [destroyer](/source/destroyer) {{HMS|Nepean|1916|6}} in the [Grand Fleet](/source/Grand_Fleet) from 1916 and as First Lieutenant in the destroyer {{HMS|Westcott|D47|6}} in the Grand Fleet from 1918.<ref name=lh/> He was present at the [Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow](/source/Scuttling_of_the_German_fleet_in_Scapa_Flow) in 1919.<ref>[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030012136 Imperial War Museum]</ref> He became commanding officer of the destroyer {{HMS|Achates|H12|6}} in the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet) in 1932 and naval [attaché](/source/attach%C3%A9) at [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires) in [Argentina](/source/Argentina) in 1938.<ref name=lh/>

McCall served in the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) as commanding officer of the cruiser {{HMS|Dido|37|6}} from 1940, as Chief of Staff to Admiral [Sir Percy Noble](/source/Percy_Noble_(Royal_Navy_officer)) who was Head of the British Naval Delegation to [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), from 1943, and as commanding officer of the [battleship](/source/battleship) {{HMS|Howe|32|6}} in South East Asia in 1944.<ref name=lh/>

McCall became Senior British Naval Officer in the [Middle East](/source/Middle_East) in 1946, Flag Officer, Destroyers, in the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet) in 1949 and Vice Admiral commanding the [Reserve Fleet](/source/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)) 1950,<ref name=lh/> before retiring with the rank of [admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)) on 15 September 1953.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40052|page=7034|date=29 December 1953}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-bef | before=[Sir Robin Bridge](/source/Robin_Bridge)}}
{{s-ttl | title=[Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet](/source/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)) | years=1951–1953}}
{{s-aft | after=[Sir Ian Campbell](/source/Ian_Campbell_(Royal_Navy_officer))}}
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Category:Royal Navy admirals
Category:Royal Navy personnel of World War I
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