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Colonel Duncan Campbell, D.S.O.
"Born in Toronto, the only child of Archibald, the elder of the two sons of
Duncan Campbell, Esq., of Lynnwood, Simcoe. Educated at Trinity College, Port Hope, Upper
Canada College, Toronto and Cabridge Universities. As a lad he spent much of his time
with his grandparents in Simcoe. In 1898 he obtained a commission in the Lancashire
Fusiliers, and went to live in Britain. He won his D.S.O. in the Boer War.
About 1913 he
was elected M.P. for North Ayrshire, Scotland, in the Imperial House of Commons.
He went
to France with the Black Watch in 1915. Was twice mentioned in despatches [sic]
and promoted to the rank of Colonel. Was twice wounded. He died Sept. 3rd, 1916 in London,
Eng., after a brief illness." |
