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.
Newspaper transcript – Mrs Campbell, 20 Castle Street, Rutherglen, has received official information of the death of her husband, Sapper John Campbell, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action. He was 27 years of age. Before joining the Army, he was employed at Gilbertfield Colliery, Cambuslang. He leaves a widow and two children.