Background
CAMPBELL, Walter was born on July 30, 1864.
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Walter Campbell
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Studied at Wellington College. Trinity College Cambridge.
Career
Campbell was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1887, and saw early service with the Waziristan Field Force, the Chitral Relief Force and the Tirah Expeditionary Force. He then became Brigade Major for the Highland Brigade before becoming Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters. He also served in World War I becoming Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force taking part in the evacuation at Gallipoli.
By June 1918 he was Quartermaster-General with the Imperial Camel Corps in Jordan.
In 1918 he was sketched by artist James McBey, the official war artist to the Palestine Expeditionary Force. He was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1923.
He retired in 1927.
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Spouse 1904, Gladys Isabella, o.daughter of Major Lutley Jordan, late 34th Regiment.
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Nationality
United Kingdom