Alan Dickson Campbell (1920 - 1942)

Born 17 Nov 1920 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 10 Feb 1942 at age 21 in At Sea

Biography

Alan was born in 1920. He was the son of Alan Campbell and Isabel Doherty.

WW11 Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer V/22882

He was lost at sea on 10 February 1942, in the sinking of the HMCS Corvette Spikenard.

Son of Alan and Isabel Mary Campbell, of Toronto, Ontario. Commemorated on Page 62 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. He is also listed on the dedicatory inscription in Halifax Nova Scotia, in Point Pleasant Park 1914-1939 1918-1945 IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY OF CANADA WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN BUT THEIR MEMORY SHALL ENDURE. On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.

Sources

• Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147503332/alan-dickson-campbell: accessed 29 September 2023), memorial page for Alan Dickson Campbell (1929–1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147503332, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by LMK (contributor 47573469).

• Wikipedia contributors, "HMCS Spikenard," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMCS_Spikenard&oldid=1160057904 (accessed September 28, 2023).

• WikiTree profile Campbell-5084 created through the import of Mahler Family Tree.ged on Nov 24, 2012 by Rick Mahler. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Rick and others.