Lorne MacLaine Campbell
| Lorne MacLaine Campbell | |
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| Born |
22 July 1902 Airds, Argyll, Scotland |
| Died | 25 May 1991 (aged 88) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Buried at | Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1921–1945 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
| Commands held | 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 153rd Infantry Brigade 13th Infantry Brigade |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order & Bar Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches (4) Territorial Decoration Legion of Merit (United States) |
| Relations | Vice Admiral Gordon Campbell (uncle) |
Brigadier Lorne MacLaine Campbell, VC, DSO & Bar, OBE, TD (22 July 1902 – 25 May 1991) was a British Army officer and a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lorne MacLaine Campbell was the eldest of three sons of Colonel Ian Maxwell Campbell and Hilda Mary Wade. He was schooled at the Dulwich College Preparatory School, and then at Dulwich College in South London between 1915 and 1921 (as was his uncle and fellow recipient of the Victoria Cross, Vice Admiral Gordon Campbell). Between 1921 and 1925 he attended Merton College, Oxford, where he was President of the Junior Common Room and of the Myrmidon Club and graduated with a second class degree in Literae Humaniores.
Campbell was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Army) on 23 September 1921.
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