Walter and Joseph Campion, both died on the Somme, in November 1916.
BORN HULL 1892. FIFTH SON OF SAMUEL GLOVER CAMPION & MARY ANNIE OLIVER, AT 7 WALLER STREET AND 3 BALFOUR STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND SIX SONS. THE FAMILY WORKED ON THE HULL DOCKS AND RAILWAYS. WALTER WAS EMPLOYED AS A BUILDER’S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN, HULL. JOINING THE 12TH EYR, HULL PAL WITH TWO OF HIS BROTHERS. HE WAS WOUNDED AT SERRE AND DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15/11/1916, AGED 23. UNMARRIED, HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, SAM. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 09/1/1917, 13/11/1917 & 27/01/1917. HIS BROTHER, PTE, JOSEPH STANLEY CAMPION, 1ST/5TH NFUS HAD DIED THE PREVIOUS DAY ON 14/11/1916. HIS PARENTS HAD LOST TWO SONS WITHIN A DAY
