Location
A pair of memorial windows in (the former) St Andrews Church, Henderson Road, Eastney. It is not known whether they remain in situ or have been removed.
 

Memorial
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Grave
Inscription (Window 1)
IN MEMORY OF MAJOR-GENERAL
GUNNING MOREHEAD CAMPBELL C.B.
COMMANDANT ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY
FROM 24TH SEPTEMBER 1917 TO 1ST JULY 1920
A.D.C. TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V.

 
Inscription (Window 2)
APPOINTED ADJUTANT GENERAL ROYAL
MARINES ON 2ND JULY 1920 AND DIED
WHILE SERVING ON 29TH NOVEMBER 1920
THESE PANES ARE ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY
PAST AND PRESENT OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL MARINES


Further Information
 
Born: 6th January 1863
Christened: Bangalore, Mysore, India
Parents: Capt. George John Gunning Campbell, Madras Horse Artillery married Margaret Charlotte Lockhart Morehead, 14th October 1858
Education: Wellington; Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Married: 1887, Charlotte Sophia, youngest daughter of Rev. G. P. Viner
Career: Joined RM Artillery, 1880
Promoted: Captain, 1891; Major, 1898; Lt-Col, 1905; 2nd Commandant, 1914; Colonel Commandant, 1917; Adjutant, RMA, 1889-1894; Forfar and Kincardine Artillery, 1897-1901; Inspector RN and RM Recruiting, 1914-1917; served Soudan, 1884 (medal and clasp and Khedive's Bronze Star, King Edward VII Coronation medal); served Ostend and Dunkirk, 1914 (1914 Star, Victory and Allied medals); Brig.-Gen., May 1916; ADC to the King, September 1917; GSP
Recreations: shooting
Address: Whitehaugh, Bishopstoke, Hants.
Clubs: Caledonian
Died: 29th November 1920
Buried: Southsea, 4th December 1920
Grave: Highland Road Cemetery, Grave Ref: l.1.46.
 

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