Tom, also joined the 23rd Battery and proceeded to England with Colin. He was transferred to the 3rd Battalion and served at the Front from June to December, 1915. Trench life and its filthy conditions undermined his health, and in December he was shell-shocked and sent to hospital. He returned to Canada in 1916.
Kenneth, began his training for active service at Halifax, later going to Valcartier. He was sent to Weymouth to assist in recruiting the 85th and 219th Battalions. He proceeded Overseas in August, 1916, and joined the 42nd Battalion. He became Bombing Officer of that Unit, and was killed at Vimy Ridge, January 18, 1917, and buried at Mount St. Eloi.
John Duncan, joined the 106th Battalion at Truro in January, 1916. Arrived in England, July, 1916, and at the Front in December, 1916. Wounded in hand and thigh at Vimy Ridge, April 8, 1917. Returned to the Front and served until shell-shocked at Rochmont. Returned to Halifax, June, 1918.
THE SIX CAMPBELL BROTHERS.
Glidden, the eldest, was already in the Militia when the War broke out, his commission being dated June, 1914. He was in command of the Digby Detachment of the Garrison Artillery at Barrington, N.S., and joined the 85th Battalion in October, 1915, as Machine Gun Officer. He proceeded Overseas with that Unit, arriving in France in time for the Vimy show. He was appointed to the command of “B” Company in October, 1917. He led his Company at Passchendaele, wiping out over a dozen machine gun nests and capturing a pill-box single-handed. Was blown into the air by a shell and, although wounded, refused to leave the line. He was awarded the M.C. He carried on with the Battalion until June, 1918, when, after an attack of trench fever and suffering from the effects of gas, he was sent to the South of France to recuperate. He later transferred to the Forestry Corps, taking command of the 79th Company and was promoted to the rank of Major.