Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of James and Ruth A. Campton, of Ville St. Michel, Quebec.
Brother of Pilot Officer Clifden Homer Foch Campton, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
He served with the Royal Montreal Rifles from 1932 to 1936 as Lance Corporal.
He had 698 days of service, including 289 overseas
1939-1945 Star, France-Germany Star, Defense Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
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Family Photo
Photo of Albert Campton's sister, Moyra Doreen Campton Banner (wife of late Earl David Banner, reporter for Boston Globe newspaper), at approximate age 24 (1941) and her sister (Albert's sister) Diedre, approximate age 20, at Moyra's home in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Moyra Banner has sister Ruth Campton Wilson, wife of Ian Wilson, living in Raymond, Alberta. Moyra Banner mother of 9 children: Joan (d), David (d), Doreen, Ian, Clifden, Jane, Judith, Pauline, Constance (d). Besides sister Ruth and brother Albert, she has brother Clifden Homer Foch Campton, RCAF PO, deceased, brother Mark Campton, RCAF, deceased, and sister Diedre, deceased. -
Id Card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALBERT SPENCER BLAIR CAMPTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALBERT SPENCER BLAIR CAMPTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
Albert Campton on far left. Man with round hat (second from left) is crew pilot Eddie Saslove. -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton 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 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert Spencer Blair Campton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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