By the death of Sir David Campbell the British Empire loses a gallant soldier and a fine sportsman. His professional ability was indicated by the fact, that, apart from: his distin~ guished services in the South African land Great Wars, he rose tothe charge of the Aldershot Command although he was not a staff College man. The Army - will remember him ass /magnificent leader and a commonsense commander who in an especial degree had the knack of understanding troops and getting the best out of them. AS a sportsman he was renowned for having owned, trained and ridden The: Soarer to vielory In the Grand National of 1896, as a Captain in the Oth Lancers, His other riding suczeases included two Grand Military Steeplechases, two Irish National Hunt Cups fand the Irish Grand Military Steeplechase. An Old Cliftonian, he was a food cricketer and played both for his school and for Sandhurst, On retirement from the Army he was appointed Governor of Malta in 1931 and during his tenure of that post the Mines which caused his death overtook him.
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