10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
09/10/1891
Died:
02/01/1917 (Died of Wounds)
Age:
25
Summary
Samuel J Campbell was the son of John and Mary Campbell. He was born on 9th October 1891 in Toberhead, Castledawson, County Londonderry. Samuel was one of thirteen children. Samuel worked on his father’s farm. Samuel Campbell left the family farm to enlist at Finner Camp, County Donegal. Private Samuel Campbell was serving with the 10th Battalion (attached to the 109th Infantry Brigade) of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds on 2nd January 1917. He was 25 years old. Private Samuel Campbell is buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in Nord, France.
Further Information
Samuel J Campbell was the son of John and Mary Campbell. John Campbell married Mary Winchester on 25th May 1877 in the parish of Magherafelt.
Samuel J Campbell was born on 9th October 1891 in Toberhead, Castledawson, County Londonderry. Samuel was one of thirteen children.
The 1901 census lists Samuel J as age 8 living with family at house 45 in Toberhead, Desertmartin, County Londonderry. Samuel was still at school. His father was a farmer.
The 1911 census lists Samuel J as age 18 living with family at house 38 in Toberhead, Desertmartin, Londonderry. Samuel worked on his father’s farm.
Family: John Campbell, Mary Campbell, John Campbell (born 18th August 1877), Margaret J Campbell (born 13th January 1879), Eliza Campbell (born 6th November 1880), Joseph Campbell (born 25th October 1882), Mary Anne Campbell (born 30th November 1884), Sara Campbell (born 17th December 1886), Robert F Campbell (born 1st September 1888), William Campbell (born 24th February 1890), Samuel J Campbell (born 9th October 1891), George Campbell (born 12th April 1893), Martha Campbell (born 8th April 1895, died 8th October 1895), Martha Campbell (born 25th September 1896), Thomas Campbell (born 17th April 1900).
Sam Campbell was a member of Castledawson U.V.F.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 3rd October 1914:
Mr John Fulton, the new commander of the Castledawson U.V.F., presented Mr George Weir, who now commands the twenty-five who have gone, with a dressing case, on behalf of the section commanders of the company. Commander Weir replied on behalf of himself and the men for all the gifts, and he and his fellow Volunteers would have an opportunity of seeing Berlin before they again saw Castledawson. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. Enthusiastic scenes were witnessed on Tuesday morning, when Commander Weir and his companions departed for Finner Camp by the first morning train. Everyone in the village was astir at an early hour, and crowds had assembled at the volunteer headquarters, when Commander Weir paraded his men. Castledawson First Company Boys Brigade, under Lieutenants Hueston and Evans, headed the procession to the railway station and Castledawson and Tullinkesey Companies U.V.F. brought up the rear. The men, who departed in high spirits amid the cheers of hundreds, were – Commander George Weir, Signaller Hiram Kerr, and Privates Bob Loughrey, Henry Loughrey, William Bradley, George Sampson, Robert Woods, George Garvin, Jim Milligan, Hugh Leslie, David Fulton, Bob Speer, Jack Harte, Tom Trainor, Sam Campbell, Frank Hueston, George McNeill, Henry Brown, Eddie Mawhinney, Tom Pickering, John Evans, Samuel White, James McFadden, George Garvin and John Overend.
Samuel Campbell left the family farm to enlist at Finner Camp, County Donegal.
Private Samuel Campbell was serving with the 10th Battalion (attached to the 109th Infantry Brigade) of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds on 2nd January 1917. He was 25 years old.
Private Samuel Campbell is buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in Nord, France.
