John Campbell
Rank: Sapper
Service No: 137510
Place of Birth: Cambuslang
Date of Death: 21/06/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers (176th Tunnelling Coy.)
Cemetery: Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs. Campbell, 20 Castle Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Maggie Campbell
Attestation Paper information: Born about 1889 in Cambuslang; Address – 20 Castle Street, Rutherglen; Trade – miner; Previously served in the Royal Irish Fusiliers and the Royal Scots Fusiliers; Wife – Maggie married 1st November 1912; Children – Mary 3rd October 1913, Catherine 20th January 1915, John 1st September 1916, all born in Rutherglen.
Ancestry information: Son of Hugh and Catherine Campbell. Spouse Margaret Kelly.
1901 census information:
Address: Rosebank Place, Main Street, Cambuslang.
Father: Hugh (43) pit labourer, born about 1858 in Pollokshaws.
Mother: Catherine (44) born about 1857 in Lanark.
Brother: Patrick (23) miner, born about 1878 in Cambuslang.
Brother: Charles (21) miner, born about 1880 in Cambuslang.
Brother: Hugh (18) miner, born about 1883 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Catherine (16) domestic servant, born about 1885 in Pollokshaws.
Brother: William (14) miner, born about 1887 in Cambuslang.
Self: John (11) born about 1890 in Cambuslang.
Sister: Annie (9) born about 1892 in Cambuslang.