BORN BARROW IN FURNESS, LANC 1893. SON OF ALEXANDER & ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, AT 12 YORK TERACE, PELHAM STREET HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 EASTBOURNE TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILER MAKER. HE WORKED AS A HEATER. HE WAS ALSO BROTHER, TO JOHN, MAGGIE, ALICE, MARY, ARCHIBALD, ALBERT AND FREDDY.
HUSBAND TO ANNIE MAUD CAMPBELL(BORN 10/8/1894), AT 14 MARVEL STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL & 7, MODEL TERRACE, BEAUMONT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, MINNIE ADELAIDE (BORN, 30/5/1913) AND ERNEST WILLIAM (BORN, 8/1/1915).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 27/04/1915. KILLED AT VERMELLES, ON 08/10/1915, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE MAUD, AT 7, MODEL TERRACE, BEAUMONT STREET, HULL. SHE MARRIED A CIVILAIN, ROBERT MCGOWAN, ON 1/10/1917. AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION, OF 18 SHILLINGS AND SIX PENCE, ON 24/4/1916.
