British Army Veterinary Corps
Archibald Wright CAMPBELL
Captain
Died 28 November 1917 · Aged 30
His story
Captain Archibald Wright Campbell was the son of Archibald Campbell, MRCVS of Wishaw, Lanarkshire. He had a distinguished college career and qualified from Glasgow Veterinary College in June 1916 with seven medals and nine first-class certificates.
He immediately joined the Army Veterinary Corps, and after six months of training at Aldershot, he sailed to Egypt, where he took command of a Mobile Veterinary Section and was sent with his Section to the Salonica front. He was promoted to Captain in January 1917. He served in Salonica until July 1917 when, at his own request, he was sent with the mobile section to Palestine, which was attached to the Mounted Brigade.
He sustained a gunshot wound in the head in action on 28th November 1917 and died in hospital on 13th December. He was 22 years old and is buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Captain Campbell’s obituary appeared in the Veterinary Record and the Veterinary Journal.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 1887
- Place of Birth
- England
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Glasgow - June 1916
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Secondary Regiment
- 6th Mounted Brigade
- First Theatre of War
- Egypt 1917
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- Yes
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- Yes
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal 1914-1918; Victory Medal
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 28 November 1917
- Age at Death
- 30
- Place of Death
- Egypt
- Cause of Death
- Wounds in received in action
- Cemetery
- Kantara War memorial Cemetery
- Location
- Kantara, Egypt
- Grave Reference
- F.41
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - CCWG Headstone
- Emblem or Badge on Headstone
- British Army Veterinary Corps
Connected men
- Peter CRITCHLEYAlso buried at Kantara War memorial Cemetery
- Jack HILLIERAlso buried at Kantara War memorial Cemetery
- Frederick Owen MAYNARDAlso buried at Kantara War memorial Cemetery
- Frederick Dutson MOSSAlso buried at Kantara War memorial Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- The Veterinary Record — obituary of Archibald Wright Campbell (issue not specified in retained biography) — cited in the earlier biography
- The Hamilton Advertiser December 13,1919 — reproduced document
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Archibald Wright Campbell”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/archibald_wright_campbell/.
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