Alexander Douglas Campbell

Major-General Sir Alexander Douglas Campbell KBE CB DSO MC (20 June 1899 – 3 April 1980) was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.

Alexander Douglas Campbell
Born20 June 1899
Kashmir, India
Died3 April 1980 (aged 80)
Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Service number5768
UnitRoyal Engineers
Commands heldAldershot District
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Military career

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]

Family

In 1923 he married Patience Loveday Carlyon.[2]

References
  1. "Eminent Alumni". Queens' College, Cambridge. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. The Peerage.com
  3. "Campbell, Douglas". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Douglas Campbell". IMDb. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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