| Alexander Douglas Campbell | |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1899 |
| Death Date: | 3 April 1980 (aged 80) |
| Birth Place: | Kashmir, India |
| Death Place: | Aldershot, Hampshire, England |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Servicenumber: | 5768 |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Unit: | Royal Engineers |
| Commands: | Aldershot District |
| Battles: | World War I World War II |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Major-General Sir (Alexander) Douglas Campbell KBE CB DSO MC (20 June 1899 - 3 April 1980) was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.
Educated at Cheltenham College, Queens' College, Cambridge,[1] and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich,[2] Campbell was commissioned into the Royal Engineers 1917 and served in World War I.[3]
He also served in World War II becoming Assistant Director for Bomb Disposal in 1940.[3] He was appointed Chief Engineer for IX Corps in North Africa in 1943 and successively for I Corps in Normandy in 1944, for 2nd Army also in 1944 and for 14th Army in 1945.[3]
After the War he was made Deputy Director of Tactical Investigation and then transferred to Middle East Land Forces in 1947.[3] He became Engineer-in-Chief at the War Office in 1948 and Vice Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1952.[3] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Aldershot District in 1954 and retired in 1957.[3]
In retirement he was Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1957 to 1962 and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers from 1958 to 1964.[3]
In 1969, he acted as the military advisor to Richard Attenborough's film production of Oh! What a Lovely War.[4]
He lived at Shipley near Horsham in Sussex.[2]
In 1923 he married Patience Loveday Carlyon.[2]