Scott Cameron Campbell

Scott Cameron Campbell was born in New Brunswick, Canada, on May 16, 1899, to farmer William R. Campbell and his wife Mary A. Delaney.

The 1910 US Census has an entry for Scott C. Campbell, 11 years of age,  living as a lodger with his aunt  Catherine Appleby and her husband Robert at 37 Standish Street.  Scott had immigrated to the United States in 1904.

The book The Gold Star Record provides the following:

Campbell, Scott Cameron: killed in action 20 July, 1918 [by shell fire], near Belleau Wood. Enl. 29 June, 1917; reported for duty 25 July; mustered 30 July, Co. A, 8th Inf. Mass. N. G.; trans. 22 Aug. to Co. C, 2d Inf., Mass. N. G. (Co. A, 104th Inf., 26th Div.).  Overseas 5 Oct., 1917. Born 1899, at Green River, N.B., son of William R. Campbell of Dorchester. Scott’s occupation was electrician.

His service card says he was in the Pas Fini sector. This sector included Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood. In March, 1918, the Germans launched their spring offensive and pushed further into France.  With the introduction of Americans in May-June and July, the allied forces pushed the Germans back to the position they had held in the spring.  It was the contribution of the American Expeditionary Force, with troops newly out of training, that made the difference.  On July 18th allied forces launched a successful counter-assault against a German attack at Chateau-Thierry, but action in nearby areas continued for another three weeks.

The statement that Scott’s father William R. Campbell was of Dorchester may indicate that his father immigrated after the 1910 Census.  Scott was survived by his father and siblings: Howard J. Campbell (Co. H, 101st Inf., 26th Div), Mrs. E. E. McNeill, both of Dorchester and Roy Campbell of New Brunswick, Canada.

A hero Square was named for Scott C. Campbell at Harvard Street and Thane Street in 1920.  The Boston Globe included his name in the graduating class of the Holmes School in 1916.  The fact that the School is not far from the intersection of Harvard and Thane Street may be the reason for the choice of that location for the Hero Square designation.

Sources:

1910 US Census on Ancestry.com

Boston Globe, June 23, 1916, on Newspapers.com

The Gold Star Record of Massachusetts. Edited by Eben Putnam.  (Boston, 1929), 468.

Military, Compiled Service Records. World War I. Carded Records. Records of the Military Division of the Adjutant General’s Office, Massachusetts National Guard.

New Brunswick, Canada, provincial Returns of Births on FamilySearch.org

 

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March 28, 2022

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