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2. WO 11. Campbell, James Wm

Battery Sergeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2

Date of Birth: 5/10/1866, Lancaster, Lancs (CENS)
Occupation: Foreman, Railway Wagon Builder (SR)
Employer: Baldwins Ltd - Steel & Colliery Owners, Swansea
Previous Serv: Vol 294, Glam RGA
Enlisted - Date: 1/4/1908
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 2
1917 Serv. No: 725001
Service O/S: France: 21/11/15 - 4/2/16. Egypt: 5/3/16 - 9/1/18.
Demobilised: 29/3/1918
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. TFEM. SWB.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 5/10/1866, Lancaster, Lancs. Parents - Thomas (Blacksmith) & Mary

Baptised St Mary, Lancaster 28/10/1886. Add-Lodge Place. Dads Occ-Blacksmith.

1871 - St Leonard Gate, Lancaster. 4yo. W parents & 2 younger sibs.

1881 - 5 Stanly Pl, Lancaster. 14yo. W parents & 5 younger sibs

1890 - Married Mary Chadford, St Peters, Lancaster. Add-Swansea. Occ-Wagon Builder

1891 - 49 Upper Aberdyberty St, St Johns, Swansea. 24yo. W Mary

1901 - 87 Upper Aberly Berti St, Llangafelach. 35yo. Occ-Railway Wagon Builder. W Mary and Hannah M

1913 - Daughter Hannah Mary married Abe Solomon, St Marys Swansea (NEWS)

1914 - Member of the Swansea United Services Brigade (USB) (ROH)

1911 - 26 Verig St, Manselton, Swansea. 44yo. Occ-Railway Wagon Builder, Steel & Iron Works. W Mary & daughter H (20yo)

1921 - 26 Verig St, Manselton, Swansea. 54y9m. Occ-Railway Wagon Builder, Baldwins Ltd, Landore St. W wife, Mary Elizabeth.

1939 - 26 Verig St, Swansea. DOB 5/10/1866. Occ-Retired. W Mary E

1940 - Died aged 75, 20 Feb 1940. Add-26 Verig St. Survived by widow, Mary E.

- Headstone: In Loving Memory of Sergt Major James William Campbell who died Feb 20th 1940 aged 73 years

Personal Info: Wife - Mary Elizabeth Campbell
Address:
26 Verig Street Manselton
Swansea (SR-F)

Military Service

SR-F

Previous Service 294, 1st Glamorgan RGA. Enl 27/3/1888

Enl 1 April 1908, Swansea, BSM

Embodied 5/8/14, Signed Imp Serv 4/9/14, Northampton

France 21/11/15-4/2/16. In Nov 1915 photo of NCOs

Egypt 5/3/16

26/12/16 - 53rd Dic Sup Details, BSM. 1/1/17 - 265 Bde AC, BSM

14/2/17 - Posted 53rd Dic Sup Details, BSM. 16/8/17, Base Depot

Left Egypt 9/1/18

10/1/18, 4 Depot RFA, 19/1/18, a/5 Res Bde

29/3/18 - Disch Physically Unfit (BSM) 9y 363d service. Debility & Defective Vision

Awarded 14/15, BWM, Vic, SWB an T Eff & Vol LS Medal (1903)

1st Welsh Unit: 1st Glam Bty
Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 21/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: Physically unfit. Para 392 (XVI) KR. Sickness 2(d).
Final Unit: 5 Res Bde (T). (SWB)
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SWB)(SR-F)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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