William and George Campbell - military service documents etc.

• Reference:GB 241 D1/1350
• Dates of Creation:1919-1985
• Physical Description:
  10 items Mixed

• Scope and Content

  Copies of records re. William Campbell's and his brother George's military service during the First World War etc. 1. Accompanying letter from William Campbell's son David 2. Copy of photograph of Private William Campbell in uniform 3. Photograph of William Campbell's gravestone, Saine Paul's Church, Boylston, Nova Scotia 4. Copy of William Campbell's transfer to Army Reserve, 25 November 1919 5. Copy of George Campbell's transfer to Army Reserve, 14 December 1919 6. Copy of George Campbell's certificate of employment during the war while serving with Graves Unit No.10 (2 pages) 7. Copy of a letter written by William Campbell to his brother George while both on active duty, with an explanatory note from William Campbell's son David (3 pages) 8. CD audio of an interview with George Campbell about his experiences in the First World War, recorded in 1976 9. Copies of extract entry of births for William and George Campbell at Ness, Stromness 10. Copy of a paper cutting re. the death of William and George's father, George Campbell, as a result of exposure during service as a lifeboat man on board the Stromness Lifeboat 'Good Shepherd' 11. Print of letter from William to his brother George, 12 May 1918. 12. Photograph of George Campbell (died 1902), father of William, George and Thomas Campbell. 13. 2 photographs of the gravestone of George Andrew Campbell (1895-1951), St. Paul's cemetary, Boylston, Noca Scotia, Canada. 14. Notes for George Campbell's memorial address, 24 February 1985. 15. Copies of Extract Entries of Birth for William and George Andrew Campbell. 16. Photograph of William Campbell's Battalion, the 7th Seaforth Highlanders, photographed in Germany, c. June 1919. 17. Photographs, and copies of certificates of demobilisation certificates for both men, and certificate of emplyment during the war for George Campbell. 18. 8 photographs of William Campbell in uniform, after the Armistice in 1919, and 22 postcards of Orkney etc. 19. CD audio of an interview with with William Campbell about his experiences in the First World War, recorded by John and Eula Byrne, c.1978.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Cannot be copied, as ADM