Roland Gordon

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Major Roland Elphinstone Gordon MC (died 30 August 1918, aged 25)^[1] was a Scottish rugby union player. He was killed in World War I^[2]

He played for Royal Artillery RFC and was capped for Scotland in 1913.^[2] He served as a Major with the Royal Artillery and was killed in World War I.^[3]

References

↑ http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/2348.html
↑ 2.0 2.1 Bath, p109
↑ CWGC entry

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)

External links

Commonwealth War Graves database
An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)

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Name	Gordon, Roland
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Short description	Scottish rugby union player
Date of birth
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Date of death	30 August 1918
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