Walter Campbell (British Army officer)

This article is about the former Quartermaster-General to the Forces. For individuals named Walter Campbell, see Walter Campbell.
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
First World War
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 a British Army officer who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Campbell was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders on 5 February 1887,[1] promoted to lieutenant on 5 December 1890, and saw early service with the Waziristan Field Force and the Chitral Relief Force (1895). He was promoted to captain on 11 January 1897, served in the Tirah Expeditionary Force (1897-98), and received a brevet promotion to major on 20 May 1898.[2][1] In 1899–1900 he served in the Second Boer War, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in November 1900.[3] He then became Brigade Major for the Highland Brigade serving in South Africa. The war ended with the Peace of Vereeniging in late May 1902, and the following month Campbell returned home in the SS Tagus, arriving at Southampton in July.[4] Following his return, he became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters.[1]

He also served in the First World War becoming Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force taking part in the evacuation at Gallipoli.[5] By June 1918 he was Quartermaster-General with the Imperial Camel Corps in Jordan.[6] In 1918 he was sketched by artist James McBey, the official war artist to the Palestine Expeditionary Force.[7]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. ↑ Hart´s army list, 1903
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27359. p. 6303. 27 September 1901.
  4. ↑ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home". The Times (36812). London. 5 July 1902. p. 8.
  5. ↑ Private papers of Lieutenant General Sir Walter Campbell KCB KCMG DSO Imperial War Museum Collection Search. Accessed 30 June 2012]
  6. ↑ Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence, Book 8, Chapter 95 Vintage Classics, 2008, ISBN 978-0-09-951178-6
  7. ↑ McBey, James General Sir Walter Campbell KCMG CB DSO, 1918 Imperial War Museum Collection Search. Accessed 30 June 2012
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Travers Clarke		 Quartermaster-General to the Forces
1923–1927 		Succeeded by
Sir Hastings Anderson
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