Mike Campbell-Lamerton

Mike Campbell-Lamerton

Date of birth	1 August 1933
Place of birth	Valletta, Malta
Date of death	March 17, 2005(2005-03-17) (aged 71)
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	17 st (110 kg; 240 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8 Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Halifax Blackheath Rugby Club London Scottish RFC () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1959-1965 1966  Scotland British Lions 23 8 (3)

Position(s)	Number 8
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	Halifax Blackheath Rugby Club London Scottish RFC		()
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1959-1965 1966	Scotland British Lions	23 8	(3)

Colonel Michael John "Mike" Campbell-Lamerton OBE (1 August 1933 – 17 March 2005) was a British army officer and rugby union player. He made 23 appearances representing the Scotland rugby team. Despite being a career soldier on active service, he also captained the Scotland rugby team twice in 1965.

Campbell-Lamerton was born on 1 August 1933 at the Royal Naval Hospital in Valletta, Malta, the elder of two sons of Lieutenant-Commander Robert Campbell-Lamerton, and his wife, Margaret. His father was killed in action in 1943 on North Atlantic convoy duty.

He was educated at Ottershaw School near Windsor, Berkshire.National Service took him to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) in 1952, the start of 33 years' service in the Army during which he served in Korea and Cyprus.

He and his lifelong friend, David Gilbert-Smith, led two platoons of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) during the Battle of the Hook in Korea, recovering positions overrun by the Chinese offensive. Campbell-Lamerton had already escaped a life-threatening injury at school when, aged 15, he was struck on the chest by a javelin; he courted death again on foot patrol in Korea when he trod on a mine. Hearing the faint click, he remained still while the corporal with him, who fortunately had worked in bomb disposal during the Second World War, rendered it safe.

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