Sitter: Lieutenant-General Sir William Pitcairn Campbell (1856-1933).

Biog: Colonel 1900; ADC to King 1900-1907; Major-General 1907; Commander-in-Chief Southern Command 1914-17, Western Command 1918.

Date: 31 May 1921.

Occasion: -

Location: The Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: FL, standing.

Costume: Full Dress uniform, Lieutenant-General.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Star and badge of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (military division) [KCB cr 1915]; Coronation medal, 1902; Coronation medal, 1911; Egypt medal 1882-89, with two clasps, 'The Nile 1884-85', 'Abu Klea'; Queen's South Africa medal 1899-1902, with six clasps; Khedive's Egyptian Star 1882-91.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Evidence of photographer at work:-

No of poses: 1.

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Biog: Burke's Peerage; Who's Who; The Army List, 1921; The Times, 23 September 1933, p 12e.

Occasion: -

Costume: Dress Regulations for the Army, London, 1911.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: (Order of the Bath) Burke's Peerage; (Coronation medals) Howard N. Cole, Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals 1887-1977, London, 1977; (others) E.C. Joslin, A.R. Litherland & B.T. Simpkin, British Battles & Medals, London, 1988.