[3] Carter-Campbell entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a subaltern, with the rank of second lieutenant, into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on 23 October 1889.

[4] He served in the Second Boer War (1899–1902) as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, which took part in the Ladysmith Relief Force, where he was present at the battles of Colenso (December 1899), Spion Kop (January 1900), Vaal Krantz and the Tugela Heights (February 1900).

[13] The citation for his DSO, which appeared in The London Gazette in April 1915, reads as follows: For conspicuous gallantry and ability at Neuve Chapelle from 10th to 12th March, 1915.

[15] Promoted to temporary major general,[16] Carter-Campbell assumed command of the 51st (Highland) Division[17] on 17 March 1918, taking over from Major General George Harper, and was its GOC until he was transferred to the Rhine to take command of a brigade there, shortly before the division preceded home for demobilization.

[21] However, he died in 1921 at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital in London, with his war service being blamed for his premature death.