William Pitcairn Campbell

Lieutenant-General Sir William Pitcairn Campbell (or Pitcairn-Campbell), (20 June 1856 – 22 September 1933) was a British Army General during the First World War. Early life He was the son of James Pitcairn Campbell and his wife, Eleanor (née Eyre), of Burton Hall, Neston. He had two elder sisters, Eliza and Georgina. He was educated at Windlesham House School, Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Military career William Campbell was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1875. He served with the Mounted Infantry Camel Corps in Sudan between 1884 and 1885. His battalion served in South Africa between 1899 and 1901 during the Second Boer War. At the Battle of Talana Hill he was wounded and his commanding officer was killed. As second in command, he took command of his battalion and was part of the garrison besieged at Ladysmith. He was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the 1st Battalion on 25 January 1900. He was Aide-de-camp to King Edward VII from 1900 to 1907 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the King's Birthday Honours of 1906.