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Campbell, Malcolm

Date of birth:
March 11th, 1885 (Chislehurst/Kent, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
December 31st, 1948 (Reigate/Surrey, United Kingdom)
Service number:
86891
Nationality:
British

Biography

?: Second Lieutenant
?: Lieutenant
?: Captain
23 January 1943: Captain (seniority)
16 December 1945: Honorary Major

2 September 1914: 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
?: Royal Flying Corps
1940-1942: CO, Military police contingent of the Coats Mission (Corps of Military Police)
23 January 1943: General List
16 December 1945: Retired

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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Acting Captain
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1919
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Knight Bachelor

Rank:
Captain
Awarded on:
February 21st, 1931
For setting a land speed record of 245.736 mph (395.474 km/h).
Knight Bachelor

Segrave Trophy

Rank:
Captain
Awarded on:
1933
"For raising the Land Speed Record to 272.11 miles per hour (437.92 km/h) in Blue Bird."

Segrave Trophy

Rank:
Captain
Awarded on:
1939
"For setting the new water speed record of 141.74 miles per hour (228.11 km/h) at Coniston Water in Blue Bird K4."

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