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     Rosita Anne Campbell was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. John Charles Campbell, V.C.. She married Brigadier Arthur Henry Grenville Fortescue, son of Captain Grenville Fortescue and Adelaide Jephson, on 30 April 1946.¹ She died on 7 December 1999.¹
     Rosita Anne Campbell was with the Women's Royal Naval Service.¹ Her married name became Fortescue.

     Maj.-Gen. John Charles Campbell, V.C. was born on 10 January 1894 at Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.² He died on 26 February 1942 at age 48 at Halfaya Pass, Libya, killed in a car accident.² He was buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt.²
     Maj.-Gen. John Charles Campbell, V.C. was decorated with the Military Cross (M.C.).³ He was decorated with the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) (and bar).¹ He was decorated with the Victoria Cross (V.C.) on 3 February 1942, for his actions on 21-22 November 1941. "He was commanding the troops, including one Regiment of tanks, in the area of Sidi Rezegh ridge. The small force holding this important ground was repeatedly attacked by large numbers of tanks and infantry. Wherever the situation was most difficult and the fighting hardest he was to be seen with his forward troops, either on his feet or in his open car. In this car he carried out several reconnaissances for counter-attacks by his tanks, whose senior officers had all become casualties earlier in the day. Standing in his car with a blue flag, this officer personally formed up tanks under close and intense fire from all natures of enemy weapons. On the following day the enemy attacks were intensified and again he was in the forefront of the heaviest fighting, encouraging his troops, staging counter-attacks wirh his remaining tanks and personally controlling the fire of his guns. On two occasions he himself manned a gun to replace casualties. During the final enemy attack on the 22nd he was wounded, but continued most actively in the foremost positions, controlling the fire of batteries which inflicted heavy losses on enemy tanks at point-blank range, and finally acted as loader to one of the guns himself in spite of his wounds. He refused to be evacuated and remained with his command."⁴

     Mark Charles Fortescue was born on 6 March 1947.¹ He is the son of Brigadier Arthur Henry Grenville Fortescue and Rosita Anne Campbell.¹ He married Virginia Rose Caccia-Birch, daughter of Anthony William Fabio Caccia-Birch, on 10 September 1971.¹
     Mark Charles Fortescue was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹

     Joan Meredith Sturgis was the daughter of Henry Sturgis.² She married Malcolm Henry Aird, son of Malcolm Rucker Aird and Nellie Margaret Dummett, on 17 August 1922.¹ She died in 1986.¹
     From 17 August 1922, her married name became Aird.¹

     Diana Fortescue was born on 2 January 1915.¹ She is the daughter of Captain Grenville Fortescue and Adelaide Jephson.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Charles Murray Floyd, son of Captain Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Bt. and Edith Anne Kincaid-Smith, on 15 December 1945.¹ She and Lt.-Col. Charles Murray Floyd were divorced in 1947.¹
     Her married name became Floyd. Her name was legally changed to Fortescue.¹ She lived in 2003 at Mill Meadow, Meadow, Burley, Hampshire, England.¹

     Lt.-Col. Charles Murray Floyd was born on 12 September 1905. He is the son of Captain Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Bt. and Edith Anne Kincaid-Smith.¹ He married, firstly, Diana Fortescue, daughter of Captain Grenville Fortescue and Adelaide Jephson, on 15 December 1945.¹ He and Diana Fortescue were divorced in 1947.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth Fuller, daughter of Major Robert Fleetwood Fuller and Mabel Chappell, on 7 February 1948.
     Lt.-Col. Charles Murray Floyd was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Royal Engineers.¹

     Algernon William Yelverton, 6th Viscount Avonmore was born on 19 November 1866.¹ He was the son of Major William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore and Emily Marianne Ashworth.¹ He married Mabel Sarah Evans, daughter of George Evans and Jane Fitzgerald, on 17 December 1890 at St. Anne's, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland.¹ He died on 3 September 1910 at age 43, without male issue.²
     Algernon William Yelverton, 6th Viscount Avonmore succeeded to the title of 6th Viscount Avonmore, of Derry Island, co. Tipperary [I., 1800] on 13 February 1885.¹ He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Avonmore, co. Cork [I., 1795] on 13 February 1885.¹ He succeeded to the title of 6th Lord Yelverton [I., 1795] on 13 February 1885.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 4th Brigade, South Irish Division, Royal Artillery.³
     On his death, all of his titles became dormant.²

     Mary Elizabeth Fuller was born on 8 August 1916. She is the daughter of Major Robert Fleetwood Fuller and Mabel Chappell. She married Lt.-Col. Patrick John Salvin Boyle, son of Captain Hon. James Boyle and Katherine Isabel Salvin Bowlby, on 11 June 1938. She married Lt.-Col. Charles Murray Floyd, son of Captain Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Bt. and Edith Anne Kincaid-Smith, on 7 February 1948.
     Her married name became Floyd. Her married name became Boyle.

     Hon. Luke James Palmer was born in 1974. He is the son of John Roundell Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne and Joanna Van Antwerp James.

     Lt.-Col. Patrick John Salvin Boyle was born on 21 April 1910. He was the son of Captain Hon. James Boyle and Katherine Isabel Salvin Bowlby. He married Mary Elizabeth Fuller, daughter of Major Robert Fleetwood Fuller and Mabel Chappell, on 11 June 1938. He died on 27 May 1944 at age 34, killed in action.
     Lt.-Col. Patrick John Salvin Boyle fought in the Second World War.