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Rfmn. William John Campbell
British Army 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Larne
(d.1st July 1916)
William Campbell's family knew that he had been killed long before they had been informed by the war office. A neighbour, unknown, was home on leave and had been beside William when he died in France. I would love to know more.
Pte. William Campbell
British Army 2nd (Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Partick, Glasgow
My frandfather, William Campbell was born in 1881. He served in the First World War with the 2nd (Glasgow) Battalion, H.L.I. William, his wife Isabella Fulton, with four sons, emigrated to Canada following the war and died in Montreal in 1953. William's brother, Duncan McDonald Campbell, who had emigrated to Canada before the commencement of hostilities, served for Canada in WW1. He was killed at Festubert, France on 20th May 1915 and is buried in the Vimy Memorial. All four of William's sons, William, Duncan, John and Robert served Canada in WW2. My father was William and I was named after my great uncle Duncan who lost his life in WW1. My mother was Margaret Smith and all four of her brothers served Canada in WW2. My grandfather William is remembered as a hero in many ways as he is also recognized in the Carnegie Hero Trust for saving the life of a 10-year-old boy who had fallen off a ship at Whiteinch, Scotland on the river Clyde on 19th May 1914, shortly before he left for WW1.
I am in the process of reframing my grandfather's British War Medal, Victory Medal, British Campaign Medal, Royal Society Bronze Medal and Masonic Pin to pass to my son, Darrell Campbell, and to grandson Jessie Campbell. 100 years and five generations later our extended families continue to respect and give thanks to William for his service and legacy. His values run deep.
Mjr. William Charles Campbell MC, DSO.
Royal Flying Corps 1 Sqdn.
from:Bordeaux
William Campbell was born in Bordeaux, France, where his father, originally from Aberdeen, was Lloyds' representative, while his mother was French. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He was trained at Croydon and was posted to 1 Squadron in France in March 1917. Between 14 May and 28 July 1917, Campbell gained 23 aerial victories, and on 16 July shot down three German planes in the space of half an hour. On 31 July, Campbell was wounded in the thigh and his bullet-riddled aircraft was forced down. He returned to England, and on 18 September 1917 was appointed Chief Instructor at the School of Military Aeronautics, with the rank of acting-major. He left the air force at the end of hostilities. Campbell was awarded the Military Cross, in August 1917 and in September he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Pte. William Campbell
British Army 10th Btn. The Derrys Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Londonderry
(d.11th August 1917)
William Campbell went into action on 1st July 1916 at the Somme. He was wounded. He went into action again in Flanders on 11th August 1917 and was killed. His name is recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres.
Pte. William James Campbell
British Army 1st/6th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Dumfries, Scotland
(d.31st July 1917)
My paternal grandmother's younger brother, William Campbell, was posted missing, presumed killed after being wounded in both legs. His brother-in-law, Harry Merchant, was going up the line with the Cameron Highlanders, and saw Will being carried past on a stretcher. He called out, "I've got a Blighty" meaning he would be sent home to the UK for treatment. After that, said Harry, there was a heavy shelling, and Will was not seen alive again. He was 19 years old.
2nd Lt. William Mackenzie Campbell
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Rock Ferry, Cheshire
(d.1st Jul 1916)
William Campbell served with the 9th (West Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment part of 36th (Ulster) Division and was killed on the 1st of July 1916 when the division attacked at Thiepval. He lived at Darce Hill, Rock Ferry, Cheshire and was the younger son of Mrs W M Campbell. He was a chartered accountant and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. John Campbell-Bell
British Army 1st Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Scotland
(d.8th Jul 1917)
John Campbell-Bell fought in the French trenches in 1915 and was wounded. The next we hear about him is in India, where he died in 1917 of malaria. I have a photo of his gravestone at Jubbelpore Cantonment Cemetery and also am in possession of his death penny. He is my great-great-grandfather. He died on Sunday, 8th of July 1917, aged 36. He is buried in Jubbulpore Cantonment Cemetery, located just south of the city of Jubbulpore, which lies about 519 miles southeast of New Delhi.
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.
Pte. Thomas Campling
British Army 17th Btn. London Regiment
from:91, Ford Rd, Bethnal Green
Thomas Campling was sentenced to be tied to the guns for questioning an order. "What, sentry duty again"?. He fought at the Somme, was wounded there and was one of 5 men, from his Battalion(?) who survived that battle.
Sgt. Thomas William Camps
British Army 8th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:Rochdale Lancs
Pte. Wilfred Lawson Campsall
British Army 1/5th Btn. Manchester Regiment
(d.5th June 1915)
Private Wilfred Campsall served with the 1/5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, he was killed in action on 5th June, 1915, aged 19. Wilfred was born at Medge Hall in 1895, to George and Emma Campsall (nee Singleton). Around 1899 the family moved to Scunthorpe. His father was an iron ore inspector at the blast furnaces, whilst Wilfred was a press-boy at a brickworks.
Wilfred enlisted as a territorial soldier in the Lincolnshire Regiment at Scunthorpe, possibly before the outbreak of war and most likely with the 5th Battalion who were the nominal territorial battalion for the north of the county. He was transferred to the 1/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment. The 1/5th Manchester moved to Gallipoli on 6th May when they landed with 42nd Division at Helles Beach. On 26th May they became part of 127th Brigade in 42nd Division.
On 4th June, the 42nd Division, alongside the 29th Division, attacked the Turkish trenches in the hills above Cape Helles in an attempt to break out from Helles Beach. Consolidating their position over the next two days, the 1/5th Manchesters defended it against several Turkish counterattacks. Wilfred was one of the casualties of these counter-attacks. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. Wilfred is also remembered on the Scunthorpe Roll of Honour.
Piper. William Campsie
British Army 15th Bn. Royal Scots
from:Bridge of Allan
(d.19th April 1920)
William Campsie served with 15th Btn. Royal Scots as a piper and later to 156th Labour Coy. Labour Corps. I have been to his grave in Logie Stirling and seen his name on the memorial in Bridge of Allan.
I may have a photograph of him but I am not sure what his uniform would look like - I have the family photographs of the Campsies who lived in Bridge of Allan including one of his father's shop. I would love to know where he was and what he did, we share the same first name - presumably from the same ancestor
Lcpl. J. Camsey
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Richard Canavan
British Army 1st Battalion Black Watch
from:Kirkcaldy
(d.9th May 1915)
My uncle Richard Canavan died at the Battle of Aubers Ridge. I don't know much else really except that he deserted on Christmas Eve 1914 and rejoined on the 8th of January.
Additional Submission from another relative: Richard Canavan was my grandmother's (Catherine Wellcoat nee Canavan) brother. What we know of Richard was that he was wounded in the hand and shoulder, sent home to recuperate in December 1914 and returned to the front in 1915. Where you got the idea he deserted is a mystery to me! The Black Watch have confirmed he was not a deserter.
Gnr. Ernest Canby
British Army 56th Btn. Royal Field Artillery
from:18 Firth Street, Burnley, Lancashire
(d.1st July 1916)
Ernest Canby died of disease on the 1st July 1916, aged 23 and is buried in the Basra War Cemetery in Iraq.
Gnr. Ernest Canby
British Army 56th Bde. Small Arms Ammunition Sect. Royal Field Artillery
from:18 Firth Street, Burnley, Lancashire
(d.1st July 1916)
Ernest Canby died of disease on 1st July 1916, aged 23. He is buried in the Basra War cemetery in Iraq.
Pte. Thomas Candelent
British Army 3rd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Birmingham
Pte. James Thomas Canderton
British Army 11th Btn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.
from:24 Maple Road, Luton
(d.26th Oct 1916)
Cpl. Charles Candy
British Army 50th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Elsing, Norfolk,
(d.4th May 1917)
Charles Candy served with the Norfolk Regiment and 50th Company, Machine Gun Corps.
Sapper. James Lewis Candy
Australian Imperial Forces 10th Australian Field Company Royal Engineers
from:53 Victoria Street, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Lewis Candy was born on the 18th of February 1878 in Street, Somerset, England, 2nd born of 10 children of Richard (1848-1915) and Caroline Elizabeth Deane (1852-1929). Lewis married Evaline Foley on the 18th of September 1909 and they had one child, Richard Foley Candy (1914-1981) Lewis died in November 1939 in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia.
Pte. Ernest James Cane
British Army 1st Btn. A Coy. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Sunbury on Thames
Ernest Cane served with 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment and was captured in 1918.
2nd Lt. Maurice Cane
British Army 153rd Bde. 1st Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Celbridge, Co. Kildare
(d.4th August 1917)
Maurice Cane was born Dec 22nd 1882 and was killed in action at Wieltje in Flanders, 4th of August 1917. He is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery and was Son of Col. Claude Cane, and Mrs. Cane (nee Mackintosh) of St. Wolstans, Celbridge, Co. Kildare; husband of Hilda Jessie Bisset Cane.
Pte. Joseph Canetti
British Army 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.8th May 1917)
My granddad, Joseph Canetti joined the 1st Battalion Barnsley Pals in 1914, he signed up in Sheffield.
He was killed in the 2nd Battle of Bullicourt on the 8th of May 1917 by machine gun fire while carrying wounded off the battlefield. My father was told that because he had an Italian name he could not carry a weapon so that's why he was a stretcher bearer. When he was killed he had four very young children, my father was only seven years old, 18 months later his wife, my grandmother died in the flu epidemic.
My family went to visit his grave 5 years ago in France and I was shocked to see they had spelled his name wrong (Canett not Canetti). When we arrived back in England I spoke to my older brother about it and he said that when granddad joined the Army in 1914 they changed his name because he had an Italian name. My grandfather was born in England in 1886 and his mother and father where Italian. And the Italians were on our side in the Great War. Also his medals have got the incorrect name on them.
Sgt George Caney
British Army 2nd Btn Lincolnshire Regiment
from:30 Tower Hill Dover Kent
Pte. Robert Caney
British Army 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusilliers
from:Middlesbrough
(d.27th September 1915 )
Pte. William Caney
British Army 11th Btn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Kent
William Caney enlisted 11/12/15, he was hit by sniper fire on the lip when on watch duty in 1916, Wounded and lost a leg during the third battle of Ypres.
Pte. Robert Dixon Canham
British Army 1/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.11th Apr 1918)
Robert Dixon Canham aged 35, died on 11th April 1918 whilst serving with the 1/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He was born, lived and enlisted in Jarrow. He was the son of George and Isabella Canham and husband of Margaret Canham (nee Purvis) of 3 Randolph Street Jarrow.
Robert is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial and was commemorated on the Triptych (right panel) in St. Mark's Church Jarrow (it is no longer a Church)
Pte. James Cann
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Chester Le Street
(d.25th May 1918)
James Cann served with 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers (formerly 9254 Training Reserve). Aged 18 when he died on 25th May 1918, he was born in Jarrow and lived in Chester Le Street. On the 1911 census he is recorded as James Cann age 12 at School living with his parents Sydney and Elizabeth Cann and family at Red House Farm Cottages, Jarrow. John enlisted in enlisted Newcastle. John is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.
Pte. Jerome Cann
Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS Amphion
(d.6th Aug 1914)
Pte. Jerome Cann
Royal Marine Light Infantry
from:Trevena, Tintagel, Cornwall.
(d.6th Aug 1914)
Pte Jerome Cann of the Royal Marine Light Infantry lost his life on the 6th of August 1914 when HMS Amphion was sunk. He was 17 years old and came from Trevena, Tintagel, Cornwall.
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