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Glenlyon Campbell

In memory of:

Lieutenant Colonel Glenlyon Campbell

October 20, 1917

Military Service


Age:

53

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Pioneers

Division:

107th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Service Order

Additional Information


Born:

October 23, 1863
Fort Pelly, Saskatchewan

Father of Mary Campbell, Jack Campbell and Christina Waddy (nee Campbell) and Eleanor Knott, of Gilbert Plains, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 212 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XXVIII. B. 7.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Document– The death of Lieut. Colonel Glen Campbell, Officer Commanding the 107th Pioneer Battalion is reported as "Died in Hospital" in the the October 1917 Battalion War Diary (Appendix B).
  • War Diary– Lieut. Colonel Glen Campbell, Officer Commanding the 107th Pioneer Battalion is reported "evacuated to to C.C.S. (Casualty Clearing Station) on Tuesday October 9, 1917.
  • War Diary– The arrival of the 107th Pioneer Battalion, under the command of Lieut. Colonel Glen Campbell, is recorded in the April 1917 battalion war diary. The unit left England on Sunday February 25th and was at it's destination in France on Tuesday 27 February 1917.
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada.  CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames:  Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161.  Page 705 of 1024
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province January 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c. 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of GLENLYON CAMPBELL– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of GLENLYON CAMPBELL– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– In honoured memory.
  • Grave marker

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