246110 Maj. Walter Ernest Campion MiD.British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment from:Bedford (d.28th October 1914) Walter Campion, son of the Mr. Henry Campion, Bletsoe Castle, Bedford was born in Dean, Bedfordshire on 9th August 1871. Initially he served with the Mounted Infantry in the South Africa War, seeing action between 1900-1902, then served in Burma, India and finally France and Flanders. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant from the militia on 12th December 1894, promoted to Lieutenant on 2nd April 1897, then to Captain on 10th May 1900 and finally Major on the 16th April 1913 with the 1st Battalion (15th Foot) East Yorkshire Regiment. He was wounded on 20th of September 1914 but returned to the front. He was killed in action on 28th October 1914 age 43 years near Lille and is buried in Ration Farm Military Cemetery, France. He is remembered in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, on the War Memorial, on a commerative brass plaque on the wall inside St. Marys Church, and a wooden battlefield grave marker bearing his name is kept in the church. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1882-89, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com.
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