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Born in [[Chennai|Madras]], [[British Raj|India]], on 14 September 1878, Ronald Bruce Campbell was educated at [[Bedford School]] and at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. He served in the [[British Army]] during the [[Second Boer War]], between 1900 and 1901, and during the [[World War I|First World War]], between 1914 and 1918, and was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel]] in the [[Gordon Highlanders]] in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U54811/CAMPBELL_Colonel_Ronald_Bruce?index=134&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=Who's Who}}</ref> He competed in [[fencing]] for [[Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] in the [[Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Summer Olympics]], and was [[Great Britain]] [[Fencing|sabre]] champion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E4D7103EEE3ABC4D52DFB767838A639EDE|title=ENGLISH FENCING TEAM LANDS HERE - Eleven Expert Blade Wielders Who Seek Thompson Trophy Are in Great Form. - Article - NYTimes.com|newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 November 1921}}</ref> | Born in [[Chennai|Madras]], [[British Raj|India]], on 14 September 1878, Ronald Bruce Campbell was educated at [[Bedford School]] and at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. He served in the [[British Army]] during the [[Second Boer War]], between 1900 and 1901, and during the [[World War I|First World War]], between 1914 and 1918, and was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel]] in the [[Gordon Highlanders]] in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U54811/CAMPBELL_Colonel_Ronald_Bruce?index=134&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=Who's Who}}</ref> He competed in [[fencing]] for [[Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] in the [[Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Summer Olympics]], and was [[Great Britain]] [[Fencing|sabre]] champion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E4D7103EEE3ABC4D52DFB767838A639EDE|title=ENGLISH FENCING TEAM LANDS HERE - Eleven Expert Blade Wielders Who Seek Thompson Trophy Are in Great Form. - Article - NYTimes.com|newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 November 1921}}</ref> | ||
Colonel Ronald Bruce Campbell was invested as a [[Distinguished Service Order|Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]] in 1917,<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13033/page/20/data.pdf</ref> and as a [[Order of the British Empire|Companion of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1923.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32830/supplement/3948/data.pdf</ref> He died in [[Perth, Scotland]], on 7 March 1963.<ref>Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 9 March 1963, p. 10</ref> | Colonel Ronald Bruce Campbell was invested as a [[Distinguished Service Order|Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]] in 1917,<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13033/page/20/data.pdf {{Bare URL PDF |date=December 2021}}</ref> and as a [[Order of the British Empire|Companion of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1923.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32830/supplement/3948/data.pdf {{Bare URL PDF |date=December 2021}}</ref> He died in [[Perth, Scotland]], on 7 March 1963.<ref>Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 9 March 1963, p. 10</ref> | ||
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