Cambell, Denis Royle Farquharson, son of Archibald Cambell MB, of Southsea, Hants, and Edith, d. of Arthur Farquharson Roberts of Bedford; b. 13 Nov. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left July 1925; Midshipman RN Sept. 1926, Lieut. Dec. 1930, Lieut.-Cdr Dec. 1938, Cdr Dec. 1942, Capt. Dec. 1948; commanded HMS Ark Royal 1955-6; Dir. of Air Warfare, Admiralty, 1957; inventor of angled flight deck for aircraft-carriers; Rear-Adm 1958; DSC 1940, Legion of Merit (US) 1958, CB 1960; retd 1960; m. 12 Aug. 1933 Dorothy Elinor, d. of Allan John Downes, of Lee-on-Solent, Hants.; d. 30 Jun. 1998.
Cameron, Donald George, son of Donald Cameron, architect, of Ealing , and Agnes Constable, d. of Hugh Peacock of Glasgow; b. 7 Apr. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; King's Coll. Lond., BSc (1st class hons) 1944; a civil engineer, AMICE 1949, FICE 1964, FCIArb 1970; Rendel Palmer & Tritton 1952-80, consult. engineer 1970-80; m. 24 Mar. 1955 Diane Marguerite Haywood; d. 29 Mar. 1995
Cameron, Frederick John Alistair; b. 15 Oct. 1916; adm. Jan. 1931 (G); left Apr. 1931; PO RAFVR Apr. 1940; d. 19 August 1940.
Frederick John Alastair “Freddy” Cameron was born in London on the 15th of October 1916 the only son of Alastair Cameron and Mary Addison (nee Pudney) Cameron of 2, John Street, Mayfair in London, later of Bourne End in Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from January 1931 to April 1931. He worked for Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd of Reading and gained a Royal Aero Club Certificate (No. 11499) at Phillips & Powis on the 1st of May 1933 while flying a DH Moth. He was married to Helen (nee Curtiss) (before 1939) and they lived at “Wayside”, High Street, Weston-Super-Mare.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Sergeant. He was serving as a pilot with No. 5 Air Observer Navigation School, based at Weston Airport, Weston-Super-Mare in 1939 and was lodging at Quarry Close, Winscombe in Somerset. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 1st of April 1940.
Freddy Cameron and his crew took off on the 19th of August 1940 in Anson Mk I N5132 for a navigational training exercise. At the time he had accumulated 2,634.50 hours of total solo flying time on all aircraft types of which 439.50 were on Anson aircraft. During the flight the starboard engine failed and Frederick Cameron attempted to make a forced landing at Littleton Lane, Wellow, some three miles to the south of Bath. As it came in to land the aircraft hit a tree which ripped off the starboard wing and caused it to swing into some trees and tip headfirst into a stream. It turned over onto its back with the tail plane resting on a tree. All but two of the men on board were killed.
The crew was: -
Pilot Officer Frederick John Alastair Cameron (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Raymond Thomas Howard (Observer Under Training)
Leading Aircraftman Joseph Asquith Hodgson (Observer Under Training)
Leading Aircraftman William Henry Howard (Observer Under Training)
Leading Aircraftman Ian Macinnes (Seriously injured)
Mr H. P. Wigg (Civilian Wireless Operator) (Seriously injured)
The injured were admitted to Bath Royal United Hospital later in the day.
His wife received the following letter dated the 21st of August 1940: - “Madam, I am commanded by the Air Council to express to you their great regret on learning that your husband, Pilot Officer Frederick John Alastair Cameron, Royal Air Force, lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident near Wellow, Bath on 19th of August, 1940. The Air Council desire me to convey their profound sympathy with you in your bereavement.”
He is buried at the Church of St Mary the Less, Chilbolton.
CAMM, REGINALD PERCY JOHN (afterwards CAMM, REGINALD BEDE), eldest son of Rev. John Brooke Maher Camm, Rector of Monkton Wyld, Dorset, and formerly Cornet, 12th Lancers, and Caroline, dau. of Richard Edward Arden, Sunbury Park, Middlesex; b. 26 Dec 1864; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1881; left Aug 1883; Keble Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1883; BA 1887; MA Cambridge (from Christ’s Coll. ) 1920; ordained deacon 1888 (Rochester); Curate, St. Agnes, Kennington, Surrey 1888-90; received into Roman Catholic church 1890; clothed with Benedictine habit at Maredsons, Belgium, 1890, and professed 1891; St. Anselm’s Coll., Rome; ordained 1895; stationed at Erdington, Warwicks., 1895-1912; novice master, Caldey Abbey 1913; affiliated to St. Gregory’s Abbey, Downside, 1913; Chaplain to Forces (4th class) 1915-9, serving in Egypt; Master of Downside House of Studies, Cambridge, 1919-31; FSA 1 Jun 1922; author, The Lives of the Blessed English Martyrs, 1904-5, and other works; d. unm. 8 Sep 1942.
Cammell, Donald Seton, son of Charles Richard Cammell, author, of Thames Ditton, Surrey, and his second wife Iona Katherine Lamont, d. of David Macdonald MB, med. practitioner, of Drumnadrochit, Inverness; b. 17 Jan. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (G); left July 1950; Roy. Academy Sch. of Art, scholar; an artist and film dir.; m. 30 Aug. 1954 Maria Euthynia Ermione, d. of Anthony Antippas of Athens; d. 24 Apr. 1996.
CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD JAMES, only son of Maj. -Gen. Archibald Campbell CB, Inverneill, Argyllshire, Lieut. -Gov. Jersey, and Martha Elizabeth Higginson, Gloucester [perhaps sister of Charles Harwood Higginson (qv)]; b. 29 Jan 1819; adm. 14 Sep 1829 (Stikeman's); Ensign, 23rd Foot, 28 Apr 1837; Lieut., Royal Canadian Rifle Regt., 3 Aug 1841; Capt., 31 Dec 1844; 2nd Foot, 27 Mar 1846; 44th Foot, 11 Jun 1847; retd. 10 Dec 1847; m. 15 Feb 1849 Eleanor Anne, only surviving dau. of Abel Ram (qv).
Campbell, Sir Archibald Young Gipps, eldest son of Archibald Samuels Campbell, of Bideford, Devon, schoolmaster, by Mary, daughter of Henry Plumptre-Gipps, M. P., of Sittingbourne, Kent; b. May 18, 1872; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1885; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies) July 1891 (adm. sub-sizar Oct. 7, 1891, entrance exhibitioner, sizar 1892, scholar 1893); matric. Michaelmas 1891; 9th Wrangler, Math. Trip., pt. 1, 1894; 1st class (1st div.), pt. 2, 1895; Tyson Medal 1895; divided second Smith's Prize 1896; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1922; appointed to the l. C. S. after the exam. of 1895; arrived in India Dec. 3, 1896, and served in Madras Presidency as Asst. Collector and Magistrate 1896-1903; Under Sec. to the Government Nov. 1903-6; private sec. to the Governor of Madras May 1906-12; Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate Jan. 1912; Collector and District Magistrate Oct. 1914; Sec. to the Madras Government 1918-9, 1923; Director of lndustries 1919-21; member of Board of Revenue, Madras, 1922-5; Chief Sec. to the Governor of Madras 1925-30; member of the Executive Council, Madras, 1930; a donor of the Madras Cup 1931; sec. to the British Red Cross Commissioner in France 1915-6, and founder of the Central Prisoners of War Organ isation; C. I. E. Jan 2, 1911; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; V. D.; C. S. I. 1927; K.C. l. E. Jan. 1, 1932; m. Dec. 15, 1910, Frances Irene, fourth daughter of the Rev. Henry Savill Young, of Stoken church, Oxon; d. Oct. 30, 1957.
Campbell, Cohn Keith, son of Colin Campbell of Purley, Surrey, and Florence May, d. of Elijah Crick of Folkestone; b. 17 Mar. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (H); left July 1928; Bank of England 1937; d. 16 Mar. 1953.
CAMPBELL, COLIN, only son of Rev. Thomas Campbell, Vicar of Brothertoft, Lincs., and Matilda, dau. of Robert Cattley, Brandsby, Yorks.; b. 15 Jun 1862; adm. (G) 23 Sep 1875; left May 1880; farmer and grazier; founder and first President, National Farmers Union, 1909-18; Alderman, Kesteven County Council; JP (1912) Kesteven; m. 24 Aug 1892 Frances Ellen, dau. of George Jackson, Seamer, Yorks; d. 23 Jun 1932.
Campbell, Guy Spencer Edward, younger son of Captain Frederick Augustus Campbell, Equerry to H. R. H. Princess Louise, by Emma Mary, daughter of Major Hugh Higgins Brabazon, of Brabazon Park, co. Mayo; b. April 29, 1873; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (G); left July 1891; m. Sept. 6, 1922, Nathalie, daughter of John Holmes Magruder, of Washington, U. S. A.; d. July 4, 1937.