Walter Campbell (British Army officer)

Sir Walter Campbell
Born	1864
Died	1936 (aged 71 or 72)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1887-1927
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant General Sir Walter Campbell KCB KCMG DSO (1864–1936) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Campbell was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1887.^[1] He served with the Waziristan Field Force, the Chitral Relief Force and the Tirah Expeditionary Force.^[1] He also served in the Second Boer War.^[1] He then became Brigade Major for the Highland Brigade before becoming Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters.^[1]

He also served in World War I becoming Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force taking part in the evacuation at Gallipoli.^[2] By June 1918 he was Quartermaster-General with the Imperial Camel Corps in Jordan.^[3]

He was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1923; he retired in 1927.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
^ Imperial War Museum Collections
^ Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence, Book 8, Chapter 95 Vintage Classics, 2008, ISBN 978-0099511786

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Travers Clarke	Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1923–1927	Succeeded by Sir Hastings Anderson

Persondata
Name	Campbell, Walter
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Date of birth	1864
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Date of death	1936
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