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Bilston, Bush Street, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, France, Greencroft, Somme, South Staffordshire Regiment, Springfields, William Campbell
The son of William and Mary A. Campbell, William was born in Wolverhampton in 1890. In 1891, he was living with his parents at Green Croft, Bilston, along with his siblings Angelina, Naomi, Sarah J., and Ann M. In 1912, he married May Cox in Wolverhampton, and the couple had two children – John W. H. in 1912 and Irene C. in 1916.
William enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment (service number 7886). Unfortunately he died on 18 July 1916. Given the registration date of his youngest child (Dec 1916), it is likely that he died before she was born. He is buried at the Heilly Station Cemetery in Mericourt-L’abbe, Somme, France, and he is remembered on the Springfields roll of honour. His wife, May, remarried, to a James J. Carroll, in Wolverhampton in 1919, and her address was given to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as 13 Bush Street, Springfields, Wolverhampton.
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