“TALLY-HO V.C.”
RETIRES FROM ARMY LONDON, Nov. ". Known ns the “Tally-Ho V.C.” and stated to have been the first British soldier to enter the enemy trench in the Great War near Moms, Col. John Vaughan Campbell, V.C., was to-day placed on the retired list under the age limit and granted the honorary rank of brigadier. Col. Campbell earned the soubriquet because lie rallied his men under enemy machine-guii fire by blowing a hunting horn and giving the traditional hunting-cry. Now 58 years of age, he served throughout the South African and the Great Wars. He was given the D.S.O. in 1900, the V.C. in 1916 and made a commander of the order of St. Michael and St. George in 1918, as well as receiving mention in dispatches and earning the Queen's Medal with six clasps and the King’s Medal with two clasps. He commanded the Coldstream Guards from 1923 to 1927.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18263, 5 December 1933, Page 9
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