Surname:	Campbell
Forename(s):	William  Grant
Rank:	Private
Service number:	18213
Regiment:	Royal Scots 12th Bn.
Date of death:	17 July 1916 Aged 29
Place of death:	No 5 Casualty Clearing Station, Le Neuville, Corbie, France
Buried Commemorated	Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, France Kingussie and Insh Memorial in Kingussie Parish Church

Background

William was born on 29 June 1885 to Donald and Jane Campbell m.s.Grant who had been married in Kingussie on 22 December 1871. His father was a journeyman mason. William had four brothers and three sisters. His father died when he was just 5 years old.

In the 1901 William was farm labourer who was living in Newtonmore with his widowed mother and 2 sisters and 2 brothers.

His address at the time of enlistment was Rannoch Cottage, Newtonmore although he seems to have enlisted at Cheltenham. His occupation is given as dog trainer. He had previously served in the 4th Cameron Territorials.

War Record

William was in France from 11 May 1915 until his death on 15 July 1916 when he died, at No 5 Casualty Clearing Station, of gun shot wounds to his legs received in action. He was aged 29 years.

Buried Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 1. Row C. Grave 16.

Commemorated on the family gravestone at Banchor Cemetery, Newtonmore and on the Newtonmore War Memorial.