Died 24 April 1976 Service/branch Royal Navy Rank Rear Admiral | Allegiance United Kingdom Years of service 1922–1958 Name Keith Campbell-Walter | |
Commands held Commander of Allied Naval Forces Northern Area, Central Europe | ||
Rear Admiral Keith McNeil Campbell-Walter CB (1904–1976) was a senior Royal Navy officer.
Naval career
Born on 31 August 1904, Keith McNeil Campbell-Walter was educated at Bedford School and at Britannia Royal Naval College. He was commissioned in the Royal Navy and served during the Second World War. He was promoted to the rank of Commander in 1938, Captain in 1945, Commodore in 1954 and Rear Admiral in 1955. He was appointed Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II in 1954, Flag Officer, Germany, and Commander of Allied Naval Forces Northern Area, Central Europe, between 1955 and 1958.
Rear Admiral Keith McNeil Campbell-Walter was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1957. The grandfather of Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza and Jamie Campbell-Walter, he retired from the Royal Navy in 1958 and died on 24 April 1976, aged 71.