| Joseph McGall was the son of Ignatius and Margaret McGall.
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| Joseph McGall was born in Scotland about 1897.
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| Known family: Ignatius McGall, Margaret McGall, Joseph McGall (born about 1897), John McGall (born about 1899).
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| The 1911 census lists Joseph as age 14, living with the family at house 17 in Ballydonnell, Salterstown, County Londonderry. His father was a widower. Joseph had left school and was working on his father’s farm.
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| Joseph was a member of Salterstown L.O.L. No. 482
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| Joseph McGall enlisted at Randalstown.
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| Private Joseph McGall was serving in C Company, with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on Saturday 1st July 1916.
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| The 10th Battalion attacked close to where the Ulster Tower now stands, and at first were shielded from the worst of the machine-gun fire by a rise in the ground, but as soon as they crested this rise they were subjected to heavy and accurate machine-gun fire.
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| Private Joseph McGall has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
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| Private Joseph McGall is also commemorated on Ballinderry Church of Ireland Roll of Honour.
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| The CWGC record Private Joseph McGall as the son of Ignatius and Margaret McGall of Ballydonnell, Ballyronan, County Londonderry.
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