Victor Lindsay Arbuthnot Campbell DSO CBE (1875 - 1956)

Born 20 Aug 1875 in Brighton, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Lillian Mary (Settle) Campbell — married 1902 in England

Husband of Marit Elisabeth Fabritius — married 8 Feb 1928 in London

Died 19 Nov 1956 at age 81 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada

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Biography

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Victor Campbell DSO CBE served in the Royal Navy in World War I
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Victor Lindsay Arbuthnot was born in 1875. He was the son of Captain Hugh Campbell & Lucy Eleanor Archer. He was baptised on 28 December 1875 in St Mary, Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames, England.^[1]. His father was a Royal Navy officer serving on the Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert" and his parents were living in Hampton Court Palace. His father died of typhoid when Victor was little more than one year old. His widowed mother remarried Edward Stanley Handcock in 1880 but died on 12 May 1882 at age 34 in Villa Leonie, Ville d'Hiver, Arcachon, France.

Victor died on 19 November 1956 in Newfoundland and their estate passed probate on 8 March 1957 in London, England.^[2]

Victor Lindsay Arbuthnot Campbell, DSO, OBE, RN. Born Brighton 20 August 1875. Died Corner Brook, Newfoundland 19 November 1956. Served in Dover Patrol, WW I; sank a U-boat by ramming it. Commander, Drake Batt'n, Gallipoli (DSO), Battle of Jutland and took part in Zeebrugge action. Special service in Archangel (OBE). Led northern party on Scott's last expedition to the South Pole, after learning of Scott's death.

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Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923"
   London Metropolitan Archives; "London, England, UK" ; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: Dro/140/A/02/004
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1558 #5635407 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Victor Lindsey Arbuthnot Campbell baptism on 28 Dec 1875, son of Hugh Campbell & Lucy Eleanor Campbell, in St Mary, Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames, England.
2. ↑ Probate: "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
   Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1904 #15081365 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Victor Lindsey Arbuthnot Campbell probate on 8 Mar 1957 in London, England. Died 19 Nov 1956 in Newfoundland.

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• Wikidata: Item Q2561572
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Campbell_(Royal_Navy_officer)
• https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6904924
• https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/biography/Campbell-Victor-Lindsay-Arbuthnot.php

Acknowledgments

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