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Private Frederick Ewen Campbell

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1891-04-17
Place of birth: Belfast County Antrim Ireland
Next of kin: William Campbell, 39 Rushfield Ave., Ireland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Asbestos Worker
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Ecoivres Military Cemetery, VI. C. 2.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 839
Rank detail

Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge. Was killed by enemy shell fire, at the Cross Roads, La Targette.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 64929
LAC ID: 84458
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1432-S001
Uploader's Notes:

Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in August 1914 [an original]. Wounded May 4, 1915. Killed at Vimy Ridge April 9, 1917.

Son of William and Jennie Campbell, of Belfast.

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-12-05