Gunning Campbell Explained

Gunning Campbell
Birth Date:6 January 1863
Birth Place:East Indies
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Marines
Serviceyears:1880–1920
Rank:Major General
Commands:Adjutant-General Royal Marines
Battles:Mahdist War
First World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Gunning Morehead Campbell, (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. He took part in the Nile Expedition in 1884[1] and served as Inspector of Recruiting during the First World War. He went on to be Adjutant-General Royal Marines in July 1920 but died in office in November 1920.[2] He was buried in Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General G. M. Campbell. DNW Medals. 20 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Senior Royal Navy appointments. 20 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Major-General Gunning Morehead Campbell. Every man remembered. 20 May 2016.