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Campbell-Lamerton retired from international rugby after the tour to concentrate on his Army career. Promoted Major in 1967 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1977, he commanded his Battalion in Northern Ireland for which he was awarded an OBE. Promoted Colonel on 30 June 1982 he left
TONY HART
1st Gurkha Rifles 1943
Norman Antony Hart was born in Maidstone, Kent, on 15th October 1925. He showed artistic talent from an early age, drawing on the back of envelopes saved by his mother. Educated at Clayesmore School, Iwerne Minster, he left school in 1943 but was unable to join the Royal Air Force as an Air Gunner due to his eyesight, so followed his father into the Army. Commis- sioned into the 1st Gurkha Rifles, he served in India for the next four years.
Captivated by the vibrant colours of the sub-con- tinent, Hart decided to become a professional artist and spent his off-duty periods studying at an art school in Madras. When India became independent in 1947, the lower ranking Brit-
the Army three years later to become the bursar of Balliol College, Oxford. One of his sons played five times for Scotland and another followed him into the Dukes. Colonel Mike Campbell-Lamer- ton OBE died on 17th March 2005.
ish officers were immediately replaced, so Hart resigned his commission and returned to the UK to train as a graphic designer at Maidstone Col- lege of Art. His studies were interrupted by the Korean War as he was re-conscripted and as a TA Artillery Officer as part of a scheme to release regular officers for the war.
Initially employed as a window artist for an Oxford Street department store, he struggled to make ends meet and painted murals in cafés for free meals. A chance meeting with a BBC pro- ducer at a party in 1952 led to an interview over lunch after which he was asked to draw a fish on the napkin. The deftness of his sketch led to him being offered jobs as resident artist in several
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