Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The 1914 Star awarded to Corporal J. S. Campbell, 1st/6th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), attached 1st/8th Battalion, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 25 May 1915

1914 Star (789 Cpl. J. S. Campbell. 6/R. Scots.) good very fine £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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James Smart Campbell was born in Edinburgh and enlisted there in the 6th Battalion Royal Scots. Proceeding to France on 5 November 1914 with a draft of men supplied to the 8th Battalion, he died of wounds on 25 May 1915, the final day of the Battle of Festubert. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.