Frederick William Campbell

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military person Frederick William Campbell Template:Post-nominals (15 June 1867 – 19 June 1915) was a Canadian Army Officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Biography

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The action for which he received the Victoria Cross

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.<ref name=cwgc>Template:CWGC</ref>

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.

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Campbell's CWGC gravestone

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.<ref name=cwgc/> This inscription is from 'Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746' by William Collins.

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