Frederick William Campbell
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Biography
Campbell was born on 15 June 1867 to Ephraim B. and Esther A. Hunt Campbell of Mount Forest, Ontario. He was married, to Margaret Annie.[1]
As a lieutenant in the 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, he was awarded the VC for actions performed on 15 June 1915 (his 48th birthday) at Givenchy, France.
Template:QuoteAs he was retreating, his right thigh bone was shattered. The wound turned septic, and Campbell died in hospital in Boulogne four days later.
He is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, (Plot II, Row A, Grave 24). His gravestone inscription reads: HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST.[1] This inscription is from 'Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746' by William Collins.
References
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Further reading
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915 (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)
External links
- Frederick William Campbell digitized service file
- Legion Magazine article
- Ontario Plaques - Captain Frederick W. Campbell, V.C. 1867-1915
- Canadian Virtual Memorial / Memorial Page for Frederick W. Campbell Template:Webarchive
- Canadian Virtual Memorial / Photograph Collection for Frederick W. Campbell
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- People from Wellington County, Ontario
- Canadian military personnel of the Second Boer War
- Deaths from sepsis in France