Land and water speed record-holder. Born Donald Malcolm Campbell, Canbury, Kingston Hill, Surrey. After the death of his father (Sir Malcolm Campbell), he decided to defend his water title and regained it in 1955. He set a land speed record of 403.10 m.p.h. at Lake Eyre, Australia in 1964. Killed attempting to break the water speed record in his craft Bluebird, on Coniston Water, Cumbria.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Donald Campbell
Plaque unveiled by Don Wales, grandson of Sir Malcolm and nephew of Donald.
Para-equestrian. Born Hammersmith. Gold Medal winner, London 2012 Paralympic Games, Equestrian: Individual - Championship Test, Grade II.
Weightlifting coach and wrestler. Also known as Yakov, he was born in Poland. During World War II, he took part in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Along with ten other team members, he was murdered by ...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland
Footballer and philanthropist. Born Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird in London. Unusually he had double careers in banking and football. He played in nine F.A. cup finals and had the dubious honour of be...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Sport / Games
Designed in 1962 by AC Cars in collaboration with Carroll Shelby, this was generally acknowledged to be one of the fastest two-seater production sports cars in the world. It went on to achieve fam...
