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 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 into the Gordon Highlanders in 1887,^[1] and saw early service with the Waziristan Field Force, the Chitral Relief Force and the Tirah Expeditionary Force.^[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.^[2] He then became Brigade Major for the Highland Brigade before becoming 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.^[3] By June 1918 he was Quartermaster-General with the Imperial Camel Corps in Jordan.^[4] In 1918 he was sketched by artist James McBey, the official war artist to the Palestine Expeditionary Force.^[5]

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

References

1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. The London Gazette: no. 27359. p. 6303. 27 September 1901.
3. Private papers of Lieutenant General Sir Walter Campbell KCB KCMG DSO Imperial War Museum Collection Search. Accessed 30 June 2012]
4. Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence, Book 8, Chapter 95 Vintage Classics, 2008, ISBN 978-0-09-951178-6
5. McBey, James General Sir Walter Campbell KCMG CB DSO, 1918 Imperial War Museum Collection Search. Accessed 30 June 2012