CAMPBELL, Leslie
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Known as:
Jock
Rank:
Guardsman
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Scots Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
2697390
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Guardsman Leslie 'Jock' Campbell, 3 troop, died during operations at Normandy. Son of John and Mary J. Campbell, of Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire; husband of Grace Dorothy Campbell, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is buried alongside 2 other Commandos and an Airborne Soldier. The grave where he was first buried is in a film of Pegasus Bridge on 28 July 1944 on the IWM website [view film].
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Lieutenant Peter Maziere Mercer Wilson, No.4 Commando [view].
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Fusilier Arthur Charity No.6 Commando [view].
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Lance Corporal Fred Greenhalgh, 2nd Airborne Ox and Bucks L.I. [view].
Sources
CWGC main entry and grave concentration report.
IWM Film Catalogue number ACB 86 © IWM.
[Image] Cropped from No.3 Commando 3 Troop photo in gallery.
Notes
On his grave is a crucifix and the words "3 Troop, 3 Commando. Killed in action, 2697390 Gdsm. Campbell. Nemo me impune lacessit." Then the badge of the Order of the Thistle has been placed on it, and below is written "Born and Died a great fighter." This is followed by 2 unclear words which the IWM have as "His Comrades".
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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