James George Campbell

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772071

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

April 5th, 1917

Cemetery:

Ecoivres Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - VI.A.26.

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Midlothian

Birth city:

Edinburgh

Address at enlistment:

Bright, Ontario

Next of kin address:

204 Brant Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. While on sentry duty in the front line, he was killed by a shell, his head being blown off

Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: North East of Ecurie.

BX May 1, 1917

Killed in Action

Word was received in the city this morning that Private James George Campbell, formerly of the 125th Battalion, had been killed in action at the front. Pte. Campbell was of Scottish birth, and enlisted here in the autumn of 1915, being 25 years of age, and employed as a farmer. He is a married man, leaving a wife and one son three years of age, as well as his parents and one sister, a nurse in a London hospital. A brother was killed while serving with the flying corps in the first year of the war.

BX May 1, 1917

Killed in Action

“Killed in Action” was the report received here today in regard to Private James George Campbell of Bright, who enlisted here and went overseas with the first Brant County Battalion. Private Campbell formerly worked a farm at Bright with his wife and little son, who survive him, are now living there. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had one brother, who was with the flying corps, killed in action, and a sister is in a hospital in London, England. For four years before enlisting he had lived in Canada.

BX May 2, 1917

Private James George Campbell, 125th Battalion, yesterday reported killed in action formerly resided at Bright. His wife resides at 204 Brant Avenue.