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Name: John Charles CAMPBELL; D.O.B: 10th Jan, 1894; D.O.A: 21st Nov, 1941; D.O.D: 26th Feb, 1942; Award: Victoria Cross; Occupation at time of action: Acting Brigadier, late Royal Horse Artillery, commanding 7th Armoured Division; Book: The Complete History - Volume 3; Action/Grave Location. Sources & Acknowledgements
Major-General John Charles Campbell, VC, DSO & Bar, MC (10 January 1894 – 26 February 1942), known as Jock Campbell, was a British Army officer and 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.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Maj.-Gen. John Charles Campbell, V.C. was born on 10 January 1894 at Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 26 February 1942 at age 48 at Halfaya Pass, Libya, killed in a car accident. He was buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt.
- Rosamund Elizabeth Campbell
- Thurso, Scotland (United Kingdom)
- "Jock"
- January 10, 1894
John Charles ‘Jock’ Campbell was born in Thurso on 10 Jan 1894, one of 13 children. He worked as a bank clerk before WW1 and attended RMA Woolwich to be commissioned as a 2nd Lieut in the RA on 28 July 1915. He was wounded twice in 1916 and promoted on 10 Feb 1917 to lieutenant.
25 de fev. de 2024 · On the 21st November Brigadier Campbell was commanding the troops, including one regiment of tanks, in the area of Sidi Rezegh ridge and the aerodrome. His small force holding this important ground was repeatedly attacked by large numbers of tanks and infantry.
On enlisting in 1914 John ‘Jack’ or ‘Jock’ Campbell was a 27-year old medical practitioner living in Toorak. He was allotted as a reinforcement to the 2nd Australian General Hospital, with the rank of Captain. On 10 July he embarked from Alexandria for Gallipoli.
7 de dez. de 1999 · Rosita Anne Campbell was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. John Charles Campbell, V.C. She married Brigadier Arthur Henry Grenville Fortescue, son of Captain Grenville Fortescue and Adelaide Jephson, on 30 April 1946. 1 She died on 7 December 1999. 1 She was with the Women's Royal Naval Service. 1 Her married name became Fortescue.
