Seaman DONALD CAMPBELL
Domhnall Mac Iain Mhic Iain Bhainn na Mona
Last address in Lewis: 54 North Tolsta,
Son of John and Isabella Graham Campbell, of North Tolsta; husband of
Catherina Campbell, of 54, North Tolsta, Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Otway
Service number: 2905/B
Date of death: 22 July 1917 at the age of 33
Ship sunk by U-boat
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 26
Local memorial: North Tolsta
Donald was one of seven sons of John and Isabella who served in the RNR during the war.
Murdo, John senior and junior as well as Torquil survived
Angus died on his ship in 1918 and Kenneth was lost in the Iolaire Disaster of 1919.
The family is shown in the 1891 census, with John (54), Isabella (38)
and their children Catherine (13), John (10), Torquil (8), Donald (6),
Angus (4), Kenneth (2) and John (3 months).
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