George was living at Barcaldine Home Farm when he enlisted, but his family were in Drymen. He is not commemorated on any of our existing plaques.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/108770421/person/112160288083/facts
transcriptions with thanks From http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-post-72377.html
CAMPBELL, George
CWGC: (G. Campbell)
Rank: Private.
Service No: 2164.
Date of Death: 23/05/1915.
Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1st/8th Battalion
Buried: Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue
Grave Reference: I. A. 22.
SNWM: (George Campbell)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 1/8th Battalion
Service Number: 2164
Place of Birth:
Date of Death: 23 May 1915
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in action
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/570577/campbell,-/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWWISD%2F0041176
Medal Index Card: George Campbell, Private, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. 2164
Killed in action 23rd May 1915. British War, Victory & 15 Star Medals record
Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: 1st May 1915 (In France for only 22 days?)
Service Record details: on findmypast https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo363-4%2f007286229%2f00959&parentid=gbm%2fwo363-4%2f7286229%2f60%2f959
George Campbell, Home Farm, Barcaldine, by Ledaig
Attested at Dunoon, 6th October 1914, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 8th Battalion (Territorials), No. 2164
Age 23 years. Height 5 feet 10¾ ins
Military History Sheet:
Embodied/Home 6th October 1914 – 30th April 1915
British Expeditionary Force 1st May 1915 – 23rd May 1915
Next of Kin: Brother John Campbell
Killed in action in the field 23rd May 1915
Army Form 5080 (Deceased Soldier’s Living Relatives), completed by Brother John Campbell, Milton, Buchanan, by Drymen, dated 15th? May 1919, lists the following:
Parents both dead
Brothers:
John Campbell, age 47, Milton, Buchanan, Drymen
Alexander Campbell, age 43, 28 Smith Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow
Malcolm Campbell, age 41, 1 Risk Street, Dumbarton
Archibald Campbell, 10 Hunters Avenue, Ayr
Sisters:
Agnes McKenzie, age 38, Ballagan?, by Alexandria
Sarah Campbell, age 36, Corryloch Farm, Campbeltown
Janet Aitken, age 32, Nasmyth Villa, Stirling
Soldiers Died in the Great War: George Campbell, Private, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. 2164
Resided Drymen. Enlisted Dunoon. Killed in action 23rd May 1915
Soldiers’ Effects: George Campbell, Private, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. 2164
Killed in action 23rd May 1915
Brothers: John, Walter, Alexander, Malcolm & Archibald
Sisters: Sarah, Janet & Mrs Agnes McKenzie
Stirling Observer 23 May 1916
In Memoriam: Campbell - Pte George McGregor Campbell, 8th A&SH killed in France on 23 May 1915; age 23 years. Inserted by his sister Nettie Campbell, Nasmyth Villa, Stirling.
1881 Census (transcription), Living at Blair, Buchanan, Stirlingshire (Before George was born)
Father John Campbell, age 33, Shepherd, born Kilfinnan? Argyll
Mother Janet Campbell (nee MacGregor)*, age 31, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Siblings John Campbell, age 9, Scholar, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Walter Campbell, age 7, Scholar, born Bonhill, Dunbartonshire
Alexander Campbell, age 4, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Malcolm Campbell, age 2, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Father-in-law of John, Walter MacGregor age 74, Boatman, born Drymen, Stirlingshire
Sister-in-Law of John, Elizabeth Gillespie, age 29, Formerly Domestic Servant, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
1891 Census (transcription), Living at Blair, Buchanan, Stirlingshire (Before George was born)
Father John Campbell, age 43, Shepherd, born Mull, Argyll
Mother Janet Campbell, age 41, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Siblings John Campbell, age 19, Labourer in Acid Works, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Malcolm Campbell, age 12, Scholar, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Agnes Campbell, age 9, Scholar, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Sarah Campbell, age 7, Scholar, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Archibald Campbell, age 5, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Janet Campbell, age 3, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Father John must have died between 1891 - 1901
1901 Census (transcription), Living at Blair, Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Mother Janet Campbell, age 51, Housekeeper, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
GEORGE CAMPBELL, age 9, Scholar, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire (c1892)
Siblings John Campbell, age 29, Labourer in Chemical Works, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Walter Campbell, age 27, Shepherd, born Jamestown, Dunbartonshire
Janet Campbell, age 12, Scholar, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Dougall Campbell, age 7, Scholar, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire *
*Details of Dugald Campbell to follow
Mother Janet Campbell nee McGregor must have died between 1901 - 1905
Sister’s Marriage (downloaded to verify parent’s names)
1905, 13th June at Buchanan Smithy, Buchanan Parish.
Thomas MacKenzie, age 28, Acid Worker, residing at Balmaha, Buchanan
Son of Thomas MacKenzie, Mason (deceased) and Mary Mackenzie nee Lacey
Agnes Campbell, age 23, Domestic Servant, residing at Buchanan Smithy, Buchanan
Daughter of John Campbell, Shepherd (deceased) and Janet Cambpell nee McGregor (deceased)
Glasgow Herald, 14th June 1915
Private George Campbell, 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, son of the late Mr. John Campbell, shepherd, Buchanan Parish, Drymen, near Loch Lomondside, was killed in action on May 23rd. He was 23 years of age and was a native of the Buchanan Parish, Loch Lomondside.
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