Alan Campbell Johnson
Alan Campbell Johnson Second World War | |
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Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Alan Campbell-Johnson
Background
He was the son of James and Gladys Campbell-Johnson. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford (scholar; BA 2nd Class). Hons Modern History, 1935; MA). He married, in 1938, Imogen Fay de la Tour Dunlap. They had one son and one daughter.[1]
Career
During the 1939–1945 war, Campbell Johnson enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1941 and received an emergency commission as an acting pilot officer in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch on 20 October.[2] He was regraded pilot officer on 20 December,[3] with promotion to war-substantive flying officer on 1 October 1942.[4] He was promoted war-substantive flight lieutenant on 28 September 1944.[5]
He served on the staff of
Political career
He was Political Secretary to
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maj. John Granville Morrison | 16,742 | 44.0 | ||
Labour | John Alan Lyde Caunter | 12,344 | 32.5 | ||
Liberal | Wing-Com. Alan Campbell Johnson | 8,946 | 23.5 | ||
Majority | 4,398 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 70.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
He was Liberal candidate again for the Salisbury Division of Wiltshire at the 1950 General Election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Granville Morrison | 17,301 | 45.0 | ||
Labour | Ald. WAJ Case | 12,319 | 32.0 | ||
Liberal | Alan Campbell-Johnson | 8,847 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 4,982 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 83.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Awards and honours
He was awarded the
References
- ^ ‘CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 30 Nov 2013
- ^ "No. 35366". The London Gazette. 2 December 1941. p. 6899.
- ^ "No. 35391". The London Gazette. 23 December 1941. p. 7257.
- ^ "No. 35845". The London Gazette. 29 December 1942. p. 94.
- ^ "No. 36819". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 November 1944. p. 5511.
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1950
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1946
- ^ Western Daily Press 30 Jan 1939
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1946
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F.W.S.
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.
Works by Alan Campbell-Johnson: Anthony Eden, a biography (1938); Viscount Halifax, a biography (1941); Mission with Mountbatten (1951); Mountbatten in Retrospect (1997)