Patrick Bernard Sampson Private F/88320 Cape Breton Highlanders July 23, 1922 Glace Bay, Cape Breton Co., NS June 3, 1941 Sydney, NS Glace Bay, NS 18 5 feet, 5 inches Medium Brown Black Labourer/Carpenter Roman Catholic Single Sarah Sampson (Mother) Glace Bay, January 17, 1944 21 Moro River Canadian War Cemetery VI. B. 4. Commemorated on Page 436 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on September 21 Patrick Bernard Sampson was the son of Charles Sampson (1893-1977) and Sarah Marcella (O’Donnell) Sampson (1891-1968), of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Patrick had six brothers and six sisters. Three of his brothers, Charles, Gerald, and Robert, also served with the Canadian Army overseas during WWII. His sister, Wilma, served with the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Following training in Canada at Debert, NS, Patrick went overseas, arriving in the United Kingdom in November 1941. In July, 1942, while in the UK, he completed a Demolition Course. In June, 1943, he was awarded a good conduct badge. On October 23, 1943, he departed the UK and disembarked on November 10, 1943 with the Cape Breton Highlanders as part of the Italian Campaign. On January 17, 1944 Private Sampson was killed in action during the battle at Ortona. Initially buried on January 19, 1944 north of Ortona, he was re-buried in the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery on August 3, 1944. The military records record his date of birth as April 10, 1922. The military death certificate lists his age at death as 21.

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