Major General George Tupper Campbell Carter-Campbell, (2 April 1869 – 19 December 1921) was a senior

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officer who served in the

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and the

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Early life

A member of the Carter-Campbell of Possil family, Carter-Campbell was born in

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, the third son of Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil and his wife, Emily Georgina Campbell, daughter of George Campbell of Inverneill.

Military career

Carter-Campbell entered the

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, and was commissioned as a subaltern, with the rank of second lieutenant, into the

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on 23 October 1889. In the next decade he was promoted to

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on 29 April 1892, and to

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on 2 November 1897. He served in the

(1899–1902) as

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of the 2nd Battalion, which took part in the Ladysmith Relief Force, where he was present at the battles of Colenso (December 1899), Spion Kop (January 1900), Vaal Krantz and the Tugela Heights (February 1900). They served in Natal from March to June 1900, then in

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east of

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from July to November 1900. For his services he was promoted brevet

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on 29 November 1900, and twice

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. Following the end of hostilities in South Africa, he returned to the United Kingdom in August 1902. On the outbreak of the

, Carter-Campbell proceeded to France with the 8th Division as second-in-command of the 2nd Battalion,

and was wounded during the

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on 10 March 1915, being awarded the

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(DSO) and also the Order of St. Stanislaus. The citation for his DSO, which appeared in ''

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'' in April 1915, reads as follows: Carter-Campbell subsequently commanded the battalion until 23 September 1915, when he was promoted brigadier general to command the 94th Infantry Brigade. While holding the latter command, he was gazetted brevet lieutenant colonel and finally brevet colonel. Promoted to temporary major general, Carter-Campbell assumed command of the

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on 17 March 1918, taking over from Major General George Harper, and was its GOC until he was transferred to the

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to take command of a brigade there, shortly before the division preceded home for demobilization. While in command of the 51st Division, Carter-Campbell was appointed a

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(CB). and Commander of the French

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Dedication to General G T C Carter-Campbell at Sandhurst

Carter-Campbell was wounded during the First World War. After the war had ended, and he had recovered sufficiently, he was made GOC

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in 1920. However, he died in 1921 at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital in London, with his war service being blamed for his premature death.

Family

Carter-Campbell married Frances Elizabeth Ward. They had two children, Dorothy Catherine Carter-Campbell and Duncan Maclachlan Carter-Campbell, 8th of Possil.

Notes

External links

A selection of books referring to General Carter-Campbell
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