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4th Battalion, Black Watch (British Army) |
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12/01/1917 (Killed in Action) |
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18 |
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Geoffrey William Campbell was the son of William and Edith Rosetta Campbell. Despite military records to the contrary, Geoffrey was born between October and December 1898 in Shillelagh, County Wicklow. William and Edith Campbell were school teachers at Ampertaine National School, Upperlands, Co. Derry. The school was located beside the main road to Kilrea. Geoff Campbell joined the Black Watch. He was reputed to have said ‘We wanted to see what it felt like in a kilt’. Private Geoffrey William Campbell was serving with the 4th/5th Battalion of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) when he was killed in action by a shell in a communications trench at Beaumont Hamel on Friday 12th January 1917. Geoff was killed a month after he had arrived at the front. He was 18 years old.
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Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery is located 5 Kms west of Ieper town centre, on the Hospitaalstraat, which is a road leading from the Poperingseweg (connecting Ieper to Poperinge). From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then straight over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching the village of Vlamertinge ( Vlamertinge is the modern spelling of Vlamertinghe) the cemetery is located on the Hospitaalstraat, which is the second right turning after the village church. The cemetery lies 50 metres along the Hospitaalstraat on the right hand side of the road.
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