John Campbell, 21 Lower Bayble

Seaman JOHN CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 21 Lower Bayble
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Inconstant
Service number: 2805/B
Date of birth: 6 February 1881
Date of death: 5 September 1915 at the age of 34
Died in Chatham Naval Hospital
Interred: Eye / Aignish Cemetery, grave C. 1. 55.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)

John is shown in the 1881 census as a 9-month infant, living with his parents at 21 Lower Bayble. His father, aged 32, is a fisherman. Also present are his siblings John (8), Kenneth (4) and Catherine (4).

His brother Kenneth died in hospital in Chatham on 5 January 1917. 

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