Frederick William Campbell
Lieutenant, 1st. Battalion Western Ontario Regiment. C E F
- Register No.
- 177 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 1st. Battalion Western Ontario Regiment. C E F (register: 1st Battalion, CEF) all CEF VCs →
- Date of action
- 15 June 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 23rd August 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Born
- 15th June 1867 at Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 19th June 1915 at Givenchy, France. (Died on of wounds)
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
Digest of citation
On 15th June 1915 at Givenchy, France, Lieutenant Campbell took two machine gun detachments forward and in face of heavy fire reached the German front line trench with one gun which he kept in action after nearly all his detachment had been killed or wounded. When a German counter-attack came, Lieutenant Campbell advanced his Gun still further and by firing about 1,000 rounds succeeded in holding the enemy back, but he was mortally wounded and Died on four days later
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
CAMPBELL, Frederick William. (reg No. 177)
Lieutenant 1st. Battalion Western Ontario Regiment. C E F.
London Gazetted on 23rd August 1915.
Born on 15th June 1867 at Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada.
Died on 19th June 1915 at Givenchy, France. (Died on of wounds)
Memorials at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
Digest of Citation reads: On 15th June 1915 at Givenchy, France, Lieutenant Campbell took two machine gun detachments forward and in face of heavy fire reached the German front line trench with one gun which he kept in action after nearly all his detachment had been killed or wounded. When a German counter-attack came, Lieutenant Campbell advanced his Gun still further and by firing about 1,000 rounds succeeded in holding the enemy back, but he was mortally wounded and Died on four days later
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