William Pitcairn Campbell

Lieutenant General Sir William Pitcairn Campbell KCB (20 June 1856 – 22 September 1933) was a British Army General during World War I.

Military career
William Campbell was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1875. He served in Sudan between 1884 and 1885. He then took part in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1901.

He was then appointed Commander 3rd Brigade in 1904 and General Officer Commanding 5th Division in 1909. He moved on to be General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Command from 1914 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command from 1916; he retired in 1918.

In 1916, he was appointed Colonel of the Highland Light Infantry, succeeding General Sir Henry Hildyard.

Family
He married Edith Prothero and together they went on to have one daughter.