Person    | Male  Born 31/10/1876  Died 21/5/1944

John Campbell, VC

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Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, WW1.

Soldier. Born John Vaughan Campbell. In 1916 he was a temporary lieutenant colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. On 15th September at Ginchy, France, during the Battle of the Somme, he took command when the first two lines of his battalion had been decimated by gunfire. He and his men captured the enemy's machine guns and he later led them through heavy fire. For his actions, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
He was called the 'Tally-Ho VC', because he rallied his men by blowing a hunting horn and giving the traditional cry.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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