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Lanarkshire / Re: Photos of Old Dalbeth Cemetery
« on: Tuesday 11 November 08 20:27 GMT (UK)  »
Can I thank you for posting the photograph of my Great Uncle's headstone on the web. My great uncle is Charles E Campbell. I did not know where he was buried and I found the picture of his headstone on the 90th anniverasry of his death, which is quite spooky. Charles whom I have never met was conscripted when he left school, St Aloysuis' College. He was in the communications section of the RN and died as a result of illness just before the war ended. The facts of his family details are incorrect, his father, my great grandfather died in 1920. I can only assume these details were recorded after 1920. Charles's older brother joined the HLI and was mentioned in dispatches and received the Military Cross. Many thanks again and it is so sad to see a young life ended and I can only imagine how his life would have turned out if there had been no war. I plan to visit his grave.

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