Pitcairn Campbell was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1875. [3 ] He served with the Mounted Infantry Camel Corps in Sudan between 1884 and 1885. [3 ] [4 ] His battalion served in South Africa from 1899 to 1901 during the…
A younger brother was John Pitcairn, who became a British Marine officer and was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill; John's son and William's nephew was midshipman Robert Pitcairn, for whom Pitcairn Island is named.
John Pitcairn was born in Scotland in 1722 to the Reverend David Pitcairn and his wife Katherine. The young Pitcairn grew up among a distinguished family...
John Pitcairn (28 December 1722 – 17 June 1775) was a British military officer. Born in Dysart, Fife, he enlisted in the Chatham Marine Division of the British Naval Service at the age of 23.
Pitcairn Island was named after him; he was the first person to spot the island, on 2 July 1767 (ship's time), while serving in a voyage in the South Pacific on HMS Swallow, captained by Philip Carteret. [1 ]
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