Duncan Carter-Campbell of Possil

Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Maclachlan Carter-Campbell of Possil (8th of Possil) OBE^[1] (1911–1990), son of Major-General George Tupper Campbell Carter-Campbell C.B., D.S.O^[2], was a British Army Colonel during the 1950s^[3].

Military career

Educated at Malvern College, Worcestershire^[4] and then RMA Sandhurst^[5] in 1930^[6], Duncan Carter-Campbell was commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)^[7] in 1932^[8].

He served in India with the Battalion before the war^[9], He served during World War II at the battles of Anzio^[10] and Monte Cassino^[11], Italy and Nuremberg, Germany^[12] in 1945^[13]. He went on to command the 1st Battalion between 1952 and 1955^[14]. He also served in Bahrain, Trucial Oman and Malaysia^[15]. In 1958 he became Secretary to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Scottish command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle; Lieutenant-General Sir George Collingwood^[16]. He was the Director Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo before retiring in 1961^[17].

See Also

• Carter-Campbell of Possil
• General Carter-Campbell
• The Possil Estate, Lanarkshire
• Covenanter
• Cameronian

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