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