Background
Campbell was the son of General Sir David Campbell and Janet Mary Aikman.
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Victor Campbell
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He was educated at Rugby School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
He commissioned into the Queen"s Own Cameron Highlanders on 30 August 1924. He was promoted to captain in 1935, and between 1933 and 1935 served as Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, The Queen"s Own Cameron Highlanders at Aldershot. Campbell then served as an instructor at Royal Military College Sandhurst until 1938.
In 1939 he undertook the staff course at the Staff College, Camberley, before serving with his regiment in the Battle of France.
On 12 June 1940 he was captured by German forces and became a prisoner-of-war. Between October 1945 and July 1946, Campbell served with the Allied Headquarters in the Netherlands East Indies, after which he was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
In February 1949 he transferred to the Gordon Highlanders and became commander of the regiment"s 1st Battalion. Between December 1950 and November 1952 he was Commanding Officer, 31st Lorried Infantry Brigade in the British Army of the Rhine.
In 1956 he was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
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British