{"id":6851,"date":"2025-06-06T17:34:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/?p=6851"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:53:08","slug":"memorial-plaque-for-charles-campion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/memorial-plaque-for-charles-campion\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Campion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;pt-0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>by B. van Cleve<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Charles-Campion\/6000000004079619768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Campion<\/a> was born on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/charles-campion-24-289bmw4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18. December 1876<\/a> in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, as the 5th child of Colonel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/william-henry-campion-24-21n6x6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Henry Campion<\/a> and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/gertrude-brand-24-21n6xdn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gertrude Brand<\/a>. He was baptised in Hurstpierpoint on 11\/01\/1877 .<\/p>\n<p>After his education at Eaton, he became part of the Ceylon Mounted Infantry as a trooper, then transferred to Brigadier General Broodwood&#8217;s column. After that, he moved to Pretoria, serving as Superintendent of the police, before joining the Imperial Yeomanry as Lieutenant.<\/p>\n<p>He died on May 29th 1901 at the age of only 24, at <a href=\"http:\/\/samilitaryhistory.org\/vol096jh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vlakfontein<\/a>, S. Africa, which is known for a daring guerilla force attack against British forces. He is buried in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8020&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>TO THE BRIGHT DEAR MEMORY OF <\/strong><strong>CHARLES CAMPION LIEUT IMPL YEORY <\/strong><strong>WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY <\/strong><strong>AT VLAKFONTEIN, S. AFRICA, MAY 29<sup>TH<\/sup> 1901. <\/strong><strong>HIS FRIENDS IN BRIGHTON HAVE <\/strong><strong>CARVED THIS STONE<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/memorial-plaques-for-w-m-j-hannah\/\"><strong>\u2190 previous memorial plaque<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/memorial-plaque-for-charles-gervaise-boxall\/\"><strong>next memorial plaque \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/floor-plan-for-memorial-plaques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Floor plan of memorial plaques in St. Peter&#8217;s Church Brighton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial plaque for Lieutenant Charles Campion, who died at Vlakfontein, S. 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