Gunning Campbell

Gunning Campbell
Born (1863-01-06)6 January 1863
East Indies
Died 29 November 1920(1920-11-29) (aged 57)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Marines
Years of service 1880–1920
Rank Major General
Commands held Adjutant-General Royal Marines
Battles/wars Mahdist War
First World War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Gunning Morehead Campbell, CB (6 January 1863 – 29 November 1920) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Military career

Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Campbell was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery on 1 September 1880.[1] He took part in the Nile Expedition in 1884[2] and served as Inspector of Recruiting during the First World War.[3] He went on to be Adjutant-General Royal Marines in July 1920 but died in office in November 1920.[4] He was buried in Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 25213". The London Gazette. 20 March 1883. p. 1534.
  2. ↑ "General G. M. Campbell" (PDF). DNW Medals. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "No. 29578". The London Gazette. 12 May 1916. p. 4696.
  4. ↑ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Major-General Gunning Morehead Campbell". Every man remembered. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir David Mercer		 Adjutant-General Royal Marines
July–November 1920		 Succeeded by
Herbert Blumberg
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.