About Howard Campbell
Lived 1921 – 2012 (aged 90). Howard Campbell was a rugby union player.
Howard Hindmarsh Campbell (10 November 1921 — 23 February 2012) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Campbell was born in Machakos, near Nairobi. His family were in Kenya through his Perthshire raised father's work as a civil engineer with the public works department. He boarded at Oundle School and attended the University of Cambridge.
In World War II, Campbell served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. He was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry while taking part in the liberation of North Brabant in the Netherlands.
A civil engineer, Campbell lived in South Africa, Sri Lanka and South Africa while working for Shell.
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Who was Howard Campbell?
rugby player
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Howard Campbell was born on 10 November 1921.
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Howard Campbell died on 23 February 2012.
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Howard Campbell was a rugby union player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Howard Campbell. https://biography.guide/howard-campbell-rugby-union-player/
MLA: "Howard Campbell." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/howard-campbell-rugby-union-player/.
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