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Albert Spencer Blair Campton

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton

January 7, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

J/95225

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

576 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, France-Germany Star, Defense Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.

Additional Information


Born:

August 4, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Enlistment:

November 25, 1942
Montréal, Quebec

Son of James and Ruth A. Campton, of Ville St. Michel, Quebec.

Brother of Pilot Officer Clifden Homer Foch Campton, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

He served with the Royal Montreal Rifles from 1932 to 1936 as Lance Corporal.

He had 698 days of service, including 289 overseas

Commemorated on Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Panel 280.

Location:

During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.

The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:

IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE

In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Id Card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ALBERT SPENCER BLAIR CAMPTON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ALBERT SPENCER BLAIR CAMPTON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Albert Campton on far left.  Man with round hat (second from left) is crew pilot Eddie Saslove.
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Family Photo– Photo of Albert Campton's sister, Moyra Doreen Campton Banner (wife of late Earl David Banner, reporter for Boston Globe newspaper), at approximate age 24 (1941) and her sister (Albert's sister) Diedre, approximate age 20, at Moyra's home in Marshfield, Massachusetts.  Moyra Banner has sister Ruth Campton Wilson, wife of Ian Wilson, living in Raymond, Alberta.  Moyra Banner mother of 9 children:  Joan (d), David (d), Doreen, Ian, Clifden, Jane, Judith, Pauline, Constance (d).  Besides sister Ruth and brother Albert, she has brother Clifden Homer Foch Campton, RCAF PO, deceased, brother Mark Campton, RCAF, deceased, and sister Diedre, deceased.
  • Memorial– Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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