List of England rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars
The following is a List of England international rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars. The number of caps they gained is in brackets. Where it is e.g. 9+1, the second number is the number of Lions caps.
First World War
There were 27 players killed in the First World War.
- Harry Alexander; (7) died on 17 October 1915 Aged 35 [1]
- Henry Berry; (4) died on 9 May 1915, Aged 32.[1]
- Henry Brougham, died on 18 February 1923 (of war wounds), Aged 34. [1]
- Arthur James Dingle; (3) died on 22 August 1915, Aged 23[1][2]
- George Eric Burroughs Dobbs, (1) died on 17 June 1917, Aged 32.[1][3]
- Leonard Haigh, (7) died on 6 August 1916 Aged 29.[4] [1]
- Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands, (2) ("Reggie Hands") died on 20 April 1918, Aged 29[1] Hands was a South African who played cricket for South Africa and rugby for England.
- Arthur Leyland Harrison VC; (2) died on 23 April 1918, Aged 32[1]
- Harold Augustus Hodges; (2) died on 24 March 1918, Aged 32[1][5]
- Rupert Edward Inglis; (3) died on 18 September 1916, Aged 53[6][1]
- Percy Dale Kendall; (3) died on 21 January 1915, Aged 34[7][1]
- John Abbott King; (12) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 32[1][8]
- Ronald Lagden; (1) died on 3 March 1915, Aged 26[1][9]
- Douglas Lambert; (7) died on 13 October 1915, Aged 32 [1][10]
- Alfred Frederick Maynard; (3) died on 13 November 1916, Aged 22[1][11]
- Edgar Roberts Mobb, (7) ("Mobbsy") died on 29 July 1917, Aged 37 16[1]
- William Moore Bell Nanson; (2) died on 4 June 1915, Aged 34 [1][12]
- Francis Eckley Oakeley; (4) died on 25 November 1914, Aged 23 [1][13]
- Robert Lawrence Pillman; (1) died on 9 July 1916, Aged 23 17[1][14]
- Ronald William Poulton-Palmer, (17) ("Ronnie Poulton") died on 5 May 1915, Aged 25 [1]
- John Raphael, (9+1) died on 11 June 1917, Aged 35[1] [15]
- Reginald Oscar Schwarz MC, ("Reggie Schwarz") (3) died on 18 November 1918, Aged 43 [1]. Schwarz also played cricket for South Africa and rugby union for England.
- Lancelot Slocock; (8) died on 9 August 1918, Aged 29[1]
- Francis Nathaniel Tarr; (4) died on 18 July 1915, Aged 27 [1][16]
- Alexander Todd, (2+4) died on 21 April 1915, Aged 41 [1]
- James Henry Digby Watson; (3) died on 15 October 1914, Aged 24.[17][1]
- Charles Edward Wilson; (1) died on 17 September 1914, Aged 43
- Arthur James Wilson, (1) died on 1 July 1917, Aged 29[1]
Second World War
There were 14 players killed in the Second World War:
See also
External links
References
- Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986 ISBN 0 7126 2662 X)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Starmer-Smith, p42
- ^ CWGC Dingle
- ^ CWGC Dodds
- ^ CWGC - Haigh
- ^ CWGC - Hodges
- ^ CWGC - Inglis
- ^ CWGC - Kendall
- ^ King - CWGC entry
- ^ "Ronald Lagden". The Rugby History Society. http://www.therugbyhistorysociety.co.uk/lagden.html.
- ^ CWGC - Lambert
- ^ CWGC - Maynard
- ^ CWGC - Nanson
- ^ CWGC - Oakeley
- ^ CWGC - Pillman
- ^ "John Raphael". Cricinfo. http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/19575.html.
- ^ CWGC - Tarr
- ^ CWGC - Watson
- ^ CWGC - Black
- ^ CWGC - Booth
- ^ CWGC - Cooke
- ^ CWGC - Davies
- ^ CWGC - Marshall
- ^ CWGC - Parsons
- ^ CWGC - Rew
- ^ CWGC - Tanner
- ^ CWGC - Teden