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A teaching resource from The National Archives. This lesson focuses on Donald Campbell, a young Scottish man who joined the army on 10th August 1903. He was 18 years and 4 months old. Here you can examine his
service papers. As Private Campbell joined the army years before the outbreak of war, it
is important to work out what he did and where he went. Where did he come from?
What was he like? Was he a good soldier?