Campbell, Malcolm James: Service No. 53323

CVWM Page: Son of Mary S. Campbell, of Wateresk Schoolhouse, Kirriemuir, Scotland, and Malcolm Campbell.

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Family Search: When Private Malcolm James Campbell was born on 4 August 1894, in Tayport, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Malcolm Campbell, was 27 and his mother, Mary Scott Forrester, was 27. He immigrated to Canada in 1913. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as cement worker. He died on 13 October 1915, in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 21, and was buried in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.

“Among the wounded was our old comrade, Malcolm Campbell. A bullet hit him in the side of the head and came out on top. He died the following morning. He is buried a short distance from where I am writing this letter. We have fixed a rude cross over his grave and on it is written, “Rest in Peace. In Loving Memory of Malcolm Campbell. His Country called him and he answered,” We Kingsville boys will miss “Scotty” for a long time to come.”
(excerpt of letter from Pte. Harry Siverns to The Kingsville Reporter, 1915)

Source: Accessed from Kingsville Historical Park Museum Facebook Post.

CAMPBEL, MALCOM JAMES, Private No. 53323, 18th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd [son] o the late Malcom Campbell, of Lismore, co. Argyle, by his wife, Mary (Blackwater School House. Dykends, by Alyth, co. Perth), dau. of George M. Forrester of Tayport; b. Tayport, co. Fife, 4 Aug. 1984; educ. at Tayport; emigrated to Canada in Oct. 1912, and after the outbreak of the war enlisted at Kingsville in Nov. 1914. After going through a course of training at London, Ontario, he came to England in May, 1915, and was in camp at Sandling, Kent, till Sept., when the battn. went to the Western Front. Private Campbell was killed in action near Ypres, 12 Ot. 1915; unm. The Chaplain wrote that he “had indeed proved himself a very faithful soldier,” and had “done his part always well.” He is buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, Dickecusch, wouth-west of Ypres, Belgium.

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