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Pilot Officer William Clayton Campbell

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Military service

Service number: J/18331
Age: 27
Rank: Pilot Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 432 Sqdn.
Birth: January 20, 1916 Bristol, Pontiac
Enlistment: December 27, 1940 Ontario
Death: July 14, 1943 Florennes, Namur, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Row 4. Grave 45.
Additional information

Son of William David Campbell and Mary Jane Edey (alias Maynie). Husband of Christina Mary Smith, of Glasgow, Scotland, who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) as Corporal, service number 420248, RAF, during the Second World War. Brother of airmen Harper Arthur Campbell and Richard Edey Campbell, Royal Canadian Air Force; they survived the war.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 143 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FLORENNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Belgium

FLORENNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY is located 22 Km south east of Charleroi on a road leading from the N5 which connects Charleroi to Phillippeville.

16 Km after leaving Charleroi leave the N5 at Annevoie. Turn left towards Mettet. After 5 Km at Morialme' turn right onto the Rue de Chatelet. Florennes is 5 Km along this road.

The cemetery is found in the town from the Place Verte. The first left turning onto the Rue du Boukay, followed by the first right turning onto the Rue Baudry, which leads for 50 metres to the FLORENNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY.

Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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