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WILLIAM CAMPION
Kingston upon Hull HU8 7EY
England
BORN HULL 1900. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZA CAMPION, OF 18 CRANBOURNE TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 42 HODGSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS AUNT & UNCLE LIVED IN CANADA. BROTHER TO MABEL, GEORGE, CHARLOTTE, DORIS, JAMES AND IDA. A RULLYMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/02/1918, AGED 18 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 111 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES AND BROWN HAIR. POSTED TO THE 4TH EAST TORKSHIRE RESERVES. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 10/08/1918. TRANSFERRED TO THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 18/08/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/09/1918, AGED 18. HE HAD SERVED FOR 232 DAYS IN THE ARMY. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZA.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE ST MARKS ST MEMORIAL. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, IN FRANCE
Haucourt 62156
Hauts-de-France
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