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Lot

№ 550

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£90

1914 Star (789 Cpl. J. S. Campbell, 6/R. Scots) extremely fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection.

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James Smart Campbell was born in and enlisted at Edinburgh. Serving with the 6th Battalion Royal Scots, he entered the France / Flanders theatre of war on 5 November 1914. He died of wounds on 25 May 1915, aged 34 years. He was buried in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery.