Gunning Campbell
{{Short description|Royal Marines general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
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| name = Gunning Campbell
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|01|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place = East Indies
| death_date = {{death date and age|1920|11|29|1863|01|06|df=yes}}
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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = Royal Marines
| serviceyears = 1880–1920
| rank = Major General
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| commands = Adjutant-General Royal Marines
| battles = Mahdist War
First World War
| awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath
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Major-General Gunning Morehead Campbell, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} (6 January 1863 – 29 November 1920) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Military career
Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Campbell was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery on 1 September 1880.{{London Gazette|issue=25213|page=1534|date=20 March 1883}} He took part in the Nile Expedition in 1884{{cite web|url=https://www.dnw.co.uk/media/auction_catalogues/Medals%201%20Dec%2010.pdf|title=General G. M. Campbell|publisher=DNW Medals|accessdate=20 May 2016}} and served as Inspector of Recruiting during the First World War.{{London Gazette|issue=29578|page=4696|date=12 May 1916}} He went on to be Adjutant-General Royal Marines in July 1920 but died in office in November 1920.{{cite web|url= http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201865-.pdf|title=Senior Royal Navy appointments|accessdate=20 May 2016}} He was buried in Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery.{{cite web|url=http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/361325/|title=Major-General Gunning Morehead Campbell|publisher=Every man remembered|accessdate=20 May 2016}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Adjutant-General Royal Marines|years=July–November 1920}}
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Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Royal Marines major generals
Category:Royal Marines generals of World War I
Category:Royal Navy personnel of the Mahdist War
Category:Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich