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John Gilbert Campbell

In memory of:

Sergeant John Gilbert Campbell

February 13, 1943
Mountford, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Military Service

Service Number:

R/95404

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

22 Operational Training Unit, RAF

Citation(s):

Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

October 16, 1919
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

March 8, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Gilbert Ernest Campbell and Mary Eleanor Wightman, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Husband of Helen Bernice Anthony, of Winnipeg. Father of John Gilbert Campbell.

He served in Canada and in England. He had 678 days of service, including 110 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 143 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY
Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 4233.

Location:

Startford-Upon-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesboune Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming a war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 15 war graves of other nationalities.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Group Photo– John & Helen Campbell Wedding Photograph

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    Group Photo – John & Helen Campbell Wedding Photograph
  • Telegram– Telegraph informing my grandmother of her husbands death overseas.

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    Telegram – Telegraph informing my grandmother of her husbands death overseas.
  • Newspaper clipping– Crash site of Wellington HF759

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    Newspaper clipping – Crash site of Wellington HF759
  • Funeral– Funeral Procession in Stratford-on-Avon.

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    Funeral – Funeral Procession in Stratford-on-Avon.
  • Funeral– Funeral Procession in Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery.

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    Funeral – Funeral Procession in Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery.
  • Funeral– Funeral at Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery.

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    Funeral – Funeral at Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery.
  • Funeral– Funeral at Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery.

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    Funeral – Funeral at Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery.
  • Letter– Letter from the Minister of National Defense for Air

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    Letter – Letter from the Minister of National Defense for Air
  • Letter– Letter from Buckingham Palace. King George R.I.

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    Letter – Letter from Buckingham Palace. King George R.I.
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Grave Marker– Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury

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    Grave Marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
  • Memorial– Sergeant John Gilbert Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant John Gilbert Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant John Gilbert Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant John Gilbert Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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