In Memory Of

CAMPBELL, IAN DERMID

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 24th Sqdn.
Unit 2:
 and General List
Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death:
 1917-11-30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, De Havilland DH5 #A9509, aircraft smashed into farmland south of Bourlon Wood, Arras
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John Stuart and Mary Anne Campbell. Son of the wealthy South African merchant John Stuart Campbell and lived at Inverdunning House, Dunning, Perthshire. He was a pupil at Murchison Castle when war was declared and enlisted from this school directly into the army where he was granted a commission in the RFC. After completing pilot training he was posted to 24 Sqn flying DH 5 scouts. In company with Capt Beanlank his flight commander he was jumped by four scouts of Jasta 11 and shot down by the Ace Leutnant Von Osten on the 30/11/17. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918