
John Campbell
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Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Petrie Campbell, of Ladybank.
Killed in road traffic accident.
The Gloucestershire Echo of 14th July 1945 reports that Warrant Officer John Campbell, aged 25, was killed along with one other in a road traffic accident a few miles from Nottingham on the Grantham to Nottingham road. Three other men were injured.
"They were found today by a policeman on cycle patrol, beside a badly damaged car and Army lorry.
Warrant Officer John Campbell (25), of the R.A.F., was dead, and Pte. A. Bellamy, of Navenby, Lincs., died a few hours later.
Three injured men detained in Nottingham General Hospital are Flying Officer Alan Sheffield, of High Street, Syston, Leicestershire; and Ptes Norman Drury and Fred Mincey, York and Lancaster Regiment, of Romford, Essex."
Pte 4802326 Albert Edward Bellamy, aged 25, of the Lincolnshire Regiment.