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Captain (retired) Leveson Granville Byron Alexander Campbell (9 June, 1881 – 20 October,1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Campbell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 March, 1903.[1]

In 1903, Campbell applied to qualify for navigation duties and was refused. However, in September of the next year, he completed a ten day course working with navigation officers under the direction of Captain Bearcroft.

In January, 1908, as Campbell was coming to the end of an appointment in the battleship Swiftsure, he was recommended for command of a T.B.D.. Captain Cradock wrote of him, "efficient & reliable. Capital judgment on the bridge, I feel confident he will do well in a flotilla." Accordingly, Campbell received his first command appointment to the Acasta Class destroyer Contest in February, 1908. He applied to study German in January, 1909 and in March he was excused examinations for command of torpedo craft.[2]

Although Campbell contributed to good gunnery and torpedo results for T.B. 31 in 1909, the Commander-in-Chief expressly blamed Campbell for grounding T.B. 81 on 14 April, 1910.[3]

Campbell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 March, 1911.[4]

Campbell was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 81 on 24 February, 1910.[5]

Campbell was appointed in command of the destroyer Renard on 28 June, 1912.

Great War

Campbell was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.

On 3 January, 1917, Campbell and Renard assisted S.S. Huntsend, which had been torpedoed by UB 47 near Crete. A Court of Enquiry "recorded high appreciation of the manner in which she was brought into port."[6]

He continued to serve as captain of Renard as part of the Third Destroyer Flotilla until being superseded by Lewes George Gardner in July, 1917. On the 27th, Campbell was appointed to President for duty in A.S.D. (Anti-Submarine Department?)[7]

Influenza forced Campbell into hospital from 12 October, 1917 to 12 November, 1917. He was also hospitalised for some time in July of 1918, returning to duty on the 19th.[8]

His work with A.S.D. continued until he was appointed to flotilla leader Lightfoot in September, 1918, to take command upon her commissioning.[9]

Interbellum

Campbell was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Parker and to oversee a group of destroyers in a Care & Maintenance Party on 24 August, 1920.[10]

On 28 January, 1922, Cornflower captured a hostile dhow, but Campbell asked his superiors for instructions in the middle of the affair, which seemed rather lethargic in spirit to the Admiralty. They opined, "Commander Campbell did not show much enterprise. No necessity to ask for instructions from C-in-C & Senior Officer Red Sea Patrol, after he had been fired on."[11]

Campbell was placed on the Retired List on expiration of his foreign service upon his relief on 14 January, 1923.[12]

Campbell was promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List on his forty-fifth birthday on 9 June, 1926.[13]

World War II

In September 1939, Campbell was sent for service under N.C.S. Basra. In January 1940 he was appointed as S.D.O., Hong Kong (Senior Duty Officer?). On 26 March, this was altered to X.D.O.. This was an unfortunate posting as Campbell became a prisoner of war to the Japanese on 4 March, 1942.[14]

He was repatriated after the war and reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 13 June, 1946 due to hypertension.[15]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Reginald E. Marcon
Captain of H.M.S. Contest
18 Feb, 1908[16][17] – 8 Feb, 1909[18]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M. T.B. 31
8 Feb, 1909[19] – 24 Feb, 1910[20]
Succeeded by
Robert G. Hamond
Preceded by
Robert G. Hamond
Captain of H.M. T.B. 81
24 Feb, 1910[21][22] – 28 Jun, 1912[23]
Succeeded by
Stephen Phillimore
Preceded by
George K. Chetwode
Captain of H.M.S. Renard
28 Jun, 1912[24][25] – Jul, 1917[26]
Succeeded by
Lewes G. Gardner
Preceded by
Hugh J. Woodward
Captain of H.M.S. Lightfoot
Sep, 1918[27][28] – Mar, 1919[29]
Succeeded by
Hugh T. Prichard
Preceded by
Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers
Captain of H.M.S. Botha
20 Mar, 1919[30][31] – 22 Oct, 1919[32]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Claud F. Allsup
Captain of H.M.S. Parker
24 Aug, 1920[33][34] – 1 Feb, 1921[35]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Gordon C. Steele
Captain of H.M.S. Cornflower
1 Feb, 1921[36] – after Aug, 1922[37]
Succeeded by
Claude P. Hermon-Hodge
Preceded by
Alban Knubley
Captain of H.M.S. Redgauntlet
21 Jun, 1921[38] – 24 Aug, 1920[39]
Succeeded by
Theodore F. A. Voysey

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 13.
  2. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  3. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  4. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401.
  6. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  7. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  8. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  9. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  10. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  11. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  12. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  13. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  14. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  15. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  16. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 15 February, 1908. Issue 38570, col B, p. 12.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 295.
  18. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  19. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  20. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  21. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 401.
  23. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  24. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  25. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397g.
  26. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  27. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  28. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 831.
  29. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  30. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  31. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 744.
  32. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  33. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  34. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 822.
  35. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  36. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  37. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  38. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  39. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.

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