BORN HULL 1897. SON OF SAMUEL GLOVER CAMPION (1854-1930) & MARY ANNIE OLIVER (1861-1925), LIVING AT 7 WALLER STREET AND 3 BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSS). SON OF A FISH DEALER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, INCLUDING SIX SONS. THREE DIED IN THE WAR. THE BROTHERS WORKED ON THE HULL DOCKS AND RAILWAYS. JOSEPH WAS AN APPRENTICE MACHINE SETTER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH HULL PALS AND DIED ON THE 14/11/1916, AGED 19. HIS OLDER BROTHER, PTE, WALTER CAMPION, 12TH EYR, DIED OF WOUNDS ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, ON 15/11/1916. BOTH BROTHER’S ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO THEIR FATHER, SAM. BURIED: Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, FRED CAMPION, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY WAS KILLED IN 1917.
