Gordon Campbell | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Gordoncampbell.jpg) Captain Gordon Campbell | |
| Born | 6 January 1886 Croydon, Surrey |
| Died | 3 October 1953 (aged 67) Isleworth, Middlesex |
| Buried | All Saints Churchyard, Crondall |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1900–1929 1939–1943 |
| Rank | Vice admiral |
| Commands | HMS Tiger (1925–27) HM Dockyard, Simon's Town (1922–25) HMS Impregnable (1921–22) HMS Cumberland (1919–20) HMS Patrol (1918–19) HMS Active (1917–18) HMS Dunraven (1917) HMS Farnborough (1915–17) |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order & Two Bars Knight of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de Guerre (France) |
| Relations | Sir Edward Campbell, 1st Baronet (brother) Brigadier Lorne MacLaine Campbell VC (nephew) |
| Other work | Member of Parliament Writer |
Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, VC, DSO & Two Bars (6 January 1886 – 3 October 1953) was a British naval officer, writer, politician and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre and appointed a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur for his actions during the First World War.[1]
- ^ "Campbell, Gordon (1886–1953), naval officer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32263. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 3 July 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)