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General George Carter-Campbell CB DSO
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General Carter-Campbell
Born1869
Edinburgh
Died1921 (aged 51 or 52)
London
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1889-1921
RankMajor-General (1915)
Battles / warsSecond Boer War,
First World War
AwardsCB
D.S.O.
Order of St. Stanislaus
Légion d'honneur
Croix du Commandeur
Mentioned in Despatches
RelationsThomas Carter (Rt. Hon., M.P., Secretary of State and Master of the Rolls),
Admiral John Carter,
Colonel Alexander Campbell of Possil,
Major General Sir Archibald Campbell,
General Sir James Campbell of Inverneill,
Colonel Duncan Carter-Campbell of Possil,
Willoughby Harcourt Carter

Major-General George Tupper Campbell Carter-Campbell CB, DSO[1] (see Carter-Campbell of Possil) (1889–1921), was commissioned in October 1889 as second-lieutenant in the Cameronians 2nd Scottish Rifles and served in the Second Boer War as adjutant of that battalion, being promoted Brevet Major and twice mentioned in despatches.[2]

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General Carter-Campbell (middle) in a trench with two fellow officers c.1918.
The dedication to General Carter-Campbell in the Royal Memorial Chapel at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.


On the outbreak of the First World War he proceeded to France[3] with the 8th Division as second in command of the 2nd Scottish Rifles[4] and was wounded at Neuve Chapelle[5] on 10 March 1915,[6] being awarded the D.S.O. and Order of St. Stanislaus. He subsequently commanded the Battalion until 23 September 1915 when he was appointed Brigadier-General to command the 94th Infantry Brigade. While holding the latter command he was promoted Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel and finally Brevet-Colonel.[7]

He assumed command of the 51st Division[8] on 17 March 1918 and was its G.O.C. until he was transferred to the Rhine to take command of a brigade there, shortly before the division preceded home for demobilization. While in command of the Division he was awarded the C.B. and Légion d'honneur (Croix du Commandeur).[9]

Major General Carter-Campbell was wounded during World War I but after the war had ended and he had recovered sufficiently he was made General officer commanding Northern Ireland 1920.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Imperial War Museum (Great Britain), Malcolm Brown (1996). The Imperial War Museum book of the Somme. Sidgwick & Jackson, in association with the Imperial War Museum. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Arthur Mumby, Frank (1996). The great World War: a history. Gresham. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1920). The Parliamentary debates (official report).: House of Commons. H.M.S.O. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ William Sheehan (2009). Hearts & mines: the British 5th Division, Ireland, 1920-1922. Collins Press. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Who was who: a companion to Who's who : containing the biographies of those who died during the period. A. & C. Black. 1967. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ Moore, William (1970). The forgotten victor: General Sir Richard O'Connor, KT, GCB, DSO, MC,. Leo Cooper Ltd. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1920). A history of the great war, Volume 6. George H. Doran company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ Malcolm Baynes, John Christopher (1989). The forgotten victor: General Sir Richard O'Connor, KT, GCB, DSO, MC,. Brassey's. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ James E. Edmonds (1995). Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1918. Battery Press. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ Arthur Grenfell Wauchope (1926). A history of the Black Watch Royal Highlanders in the great war, 1914-1918. The Medici society limited. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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