7 April 1944
Guardsman Donald John Campbell, grandson of Mr Kenneth Campbell, 113 Cross-Skigersta Road, Port of Ness, has been killed in action. Twenty years of age, he is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Angus Campbell, 18 Wallace Street, Dumbarton. Prior to volunteering for the Scots Guards, at the age of 17, he was employed in the office of Messrs Hiram Walker, Ltd, Distillers, Dumbarton. He was all through the North African campaign, and was present when his commanding officer, Lord Lyell, was killed. In North Africa, he was able to meet his elder brother, Kenneth, who is a piper in the Scots Guards.
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