Lieutenant-Colonel P.U. Campbell
2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders

He has at all times been an inspiration to the unit which he has now commanded for twenty months, and it has been due to his drive and persistence, at no small cost to himself, that the success of the Second Glasgow Highlanders has been such a notable one.

(D.S.O. citation, 29 Mar 1945)

Born on 7 September 1905 in British India, Patrick Usmar Campbell was commissioned with the Highland Light Infantry in 1925. He was attached to the King’s African Rifles from 1928 to 1931, served as staff captain in Egypt in 1936 and was promoted to captain in 1938. By 1940, he had risen to acting major and by early 1943, he had been appointed commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders. As part of the 46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade in the 15th Scottish Division, the battalion deployed to Normandy on 13 June 1944.

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