Victor Campbell

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Victor Campbell
Born	20 August 1875 Brighton
Died	19 November 1956 Corner Brook, Newfoundland
Occupation	Antarctic explorer
Religious belief	Protestant
Parents	Son of Hugh Campbell
Website	Family tree.

Victor Lindsay Arbuthnot Campbell, OBE, DSO (20 August 1875 – 19 November 1956), was a British sailor and renowned explorer.

Born in Brighton, he was the son of Hugh Campbell and Lucy Eleanor Archer. In 1910, Campbell led the northern party on Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition to the South Pole. Two years later, he returned to Cape Evans after crossing over 230 miles of sea ice. Campbell died in Corner Brook in Newfoundland.

During the First World War, he fought as Commander of the Drake Battalion in Gallipoli and in the Dardanelles, where he received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), in the Battle of Jutland and took part in the Zeebrugge raid on board of HMS Warwick in 1918. Campbell served in the Dover Patrol and sank a U-boat by ramming it, for which he was awarded the bar to his DSO. In his further service with the Royal Navy, he reached the rank of Captain. Having carried out a special service in Arkhangelsk (Archangel), he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).