[5][6] On 22 November 1928, Sir Hector Clare Cameron died at his house at 18 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow.

[1] As Lister's techniques proved themselves, Cameron quickly became recognised as a factor in improved surgical recovery.

In 1881, Cameron was promoted again, with a move to the Western Infirmary in Glasgow, as a senior visiting surgeon, relinquishing his previous position.

In a private letter, he contemplated the move: Glasgow University awarded Hector Cameron an LL.D both in appreciation of his career and recognition of the importance of his work.

[2] At his sending off dinner, Cameron received a loving cup in the shape of a quaich with the inscription HCC Magistro carrissimo Discipuli MCMX[2] During the period before World War I, Cameron continued in private practice, only occasionally operating, and has several civic positions.

[3] At the start of World War I, he became a commissioner for the Red Cross Society for the Western District of Scotland,[2] in charge of supervising auxiliary hospitals with almost 2000 beds.

Cameron received a brief note that contained a poem from an old Scottish lady, who was a former patient and who wrote to him on the occasion of his Knighthood awarded by Queen Victoria in 1900.

The old lady wrote:[2] In 1918 Cameron's services as commissioner were recognised and he was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by King George V.[2]