NAM.1987-03-14-1

Photocopies of papers relating to Capt R W Campbell, including his autobiography and papers relating to his career and family, 1880-1985 (c). Campbell's autobiography covers his military service, 1898-1908 (c). He enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers Militia, 1898, transferred to the Medical Staff Corps at Aldershot later the same year, and served at Portsmouth before sailing on the Hospital Ship 'Trojan' for South Africa in 1899. He returned from Durban in May 1902, and transferred to the Black Watch later the same year. With them he served at Edinburgh and Fort George. With the autobiography is a paper, pp9, by Jane Leslie on 'R W Campbell, A Forgotten Writer'. The other papers consist in part of material collected by Campbell's daughter on her father and his family. It also contains other literary works of his, in particular his reports from Canada, 1911 and 1923, his passport, pay books, and discharge certificates; and the record of Campbell's father's service in the Black Watch, 1868-1883. In addition there are copies of mobilisation instructions for 5th Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1914, and a notebook of L C Campbell, F Coy Black Watch, containing notes on 'Humous of Soldiering...', and various press cuttings of 1900 (c). Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).

Boer War (1899-1902), World War One, Outbreak of War (1914)