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Fred Campbell

In memory of:

Private Fred Campbell

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

839

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Division:

P.P.C.L.I.

Additional Information

Born:

April 14, 1891

Son of William and Jennie Campbell, of Belfast.

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:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. C. 2.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • 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 677 of 1024

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    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 677 of 1024
  • Medals– Trio, Memorial Cross and Death Plaque to #839, Pte Fred Campbell. An original member of the PPCLI, twice wounded prior (once severely on 04 May 15), Pte Fred Campbell was killed by shell fire during the assault at Vimy Ridge at the Cross Roads, La Targette. He is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery.

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    Medals – Trio, Memorial Cross and Death Plaque to #839, Pte Fred Campbell. An original member of the PPCLI, twice wounded prior (once severely on 04 May 15), Pte Fred Campbell was killed by shell fire during the assault at Vimy Ridge at the Cross Roads, La Targette. He is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery.

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