1884-1954

Physician

Dr Andrew Calwell moved to Langholm from Mainsriddle, south of Dumfries, in 1914.

Dr Calwell and Dr Watt from Langholm attended the Quintishill train wreckage on 22nd May, together with Matron Robertson of Hope Hospital, Sister Byers of the Red Cross Hospital and some of the men’s voluntary Red Cross detachment. Hope Hospital offered eight beds.

He was a tenant in a large house owned by Eleanor Bell (nee Little), wife of Major Edward Bell. The Bells lived in the same house with their five children. Major Bell left for military duties in the UK in November 1914, then for the front line in the Dardanelles in May 1915. Eleanor may have heard a false rumour in July 1915 about her husband being killed and committed suicide in the house by drinking carbolic acid.

Dr Calwell gave cigarettes to the Red Cross hospital in July.

In November, the Central Recruiting Committee appointed Dr Calwell as a medical examiner of recruits for the Langholm district, in addition to Dr Watt.