George A.W. Lamond

Lt.-Col. George Alexander Walker Lamond (23 July 1878 – 25 February 1918) was a Scottish rugby union player and British Army officer who died during World War I.[1][2]

He played for Kelvinside Academicals in his native Glasgow and had three caps for Scotland in 1899–1905.[1] His rugby career was interrupted by his professional career; a civil engineer, Lamond joined the firm of Sir John Aird and moved to Egypt. For his services in the Middle East, he was decorated with the Order of the Medjidie and Order of Osmanieh by the Ottoman Empire.[2]

During the First World War, his skills were put to use by the Royal Engineers. He was first deployed to France, where his many engineering projects led to a promotion to lieutenant colonel, and then to Mesopotamia, where he was engaged in building the new Port of Basra over the Tigris and Euphrates. He fell ill with a fever and was sent to Sri Lanka to recover, but his conditioned worsened and he died in February 1918. He is buried in the non-conformist section of Colombo (Kanatte) General Cemetery, in Borella.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany, p. 109. (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. 1 2 McCrery, Nigel (2014). Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. pp. 184–185. ISBN 9781781590874. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Casualty Details: Lamond, G. A. W." Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 June 2018.



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