Category: Military
Rank: Corporal
Regiment or Ship: 26th Bn Royal Fusiliers
Service Number(s): GS/52690
Date of Birth: 1892
Place of Birth: Hampstead, Middx.
Date of Death: 20.09.1917
Place of Death: Belgium
Place of Burial / Memorials:
Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Address: 47 St Leonards Road, Bexhill on Sea
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Family Information
Parents: James Camp (1861-) and Annie Camp (1861-1933).
Siblings: Walter Camp (1893-) and Louisa Camp (1887-).
First World War Experience
Charles’ Service Records did not survive the bombing of London in WW2 so we know practically nothing of his war service. He was killed in action on 20th September 1917 and the following appeared in a local newspaper:-
“Mr and Mrs Camp, of St Leonards Road, have received the sad news of the death of their younger son, Corporal C. Camp, 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on September 20th. Mr and Mrs Camp take this opportunity of thanking their friends for the kind sympathy they have received in their great bereavement.”
Charles was awarded both the Victory Medal and the British War Medal, posthumously.