Seaman JOHN CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 13 Aird,
Son of Mrs. Marion Campbell, of Upper Aird, Portnaguran, Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Bayano
Service number: 3356/C
Date of birth: January 1881
Date of death: 11 March 1915 at the age of 33
Ship sunk by U-boat off Stranraer
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 14
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
John is shown in the 1901 census, living with his parents Norman (55, fisherman) and Marion (48, at 13 Aird. He is a 19-year old fisherman. His siblings are named as Donald (18), William (15), Alick (10) and Mary (6).
His brother William is reported as having died in 1918 of service-related illness.
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