WILLIAM CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 13 Aird
Son of Norman Campbell
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve
Date of death: 11 June 1918 at the age of 32
Took part in the battle for Antwerp in 1914. Was discharged due to ill health.
William is shown in the 1901 census as a 15-year old, living with his parents Norman (55, fisherman) and Marion (48, at 13 Aird. His siblings are named as John (19), Donald (18), Alick (10) and Mary (6).
John served in the RNR, but was lost in the sinking of HMS Bayano in March 1915.
Stornoway Gazette
William Campbell, son of Mr Norman Campbell, 13 Aird, died on 13 June 1918, aged 32. At the outbreak of war, he was in Canada but hastened to respond to the National Call. He took part with the Antwerp Relief Force. After the exhausting march to Ghent, they entrained for Ostend, where he arrived seriously ill suffering from pleurisy. After a long spell in Haslar Hospital he was discharged. His health was so seriously impaired that henceforth he was unfit for hard work, consequently he opened a small grocery business in his father's house. He was a young man of superior intelligence, gentle and unassuming. his brother John was drowned on HMS Bayano in the early stages of the war. Much sympathy is felt for his sorrowing parents and sister.
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