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Rugby Union internationals who died in WW1
Rugby Union internationals who died in WW1
This community remembers Rugby Union players from various countries who played for their national teams, and died during military service in the war, or later as a result it. The community includes players who represented Australia, England, France, the British Isles (later known as the British and Irish Lions), Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales.
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Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Major 251st Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
British Army Major Royal Field Artillery
More about Roland Elphinstone Gordon -
Died 1915
Australian Imperial Force Captain 6th Light Horse Regiment
More about Arthur Verge -
Born 1887
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Attached 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
More about Ernest Cotton Deane -
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 14160 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th Battalion
More about Jasper Thomas Brett -
Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion
British Army Temporary Captain Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade
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More about Rowland Fraser -
Born 1886
Died 1916
Royal Navy Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Defence
More about Cecil Halliday Abercrombie -
Born 1863
Died 1916
British Army 4th Class Chaplain General Hospital Staples Chaplain to the Forces
British Army The Reverend Infantry Brigade 16th
Other Empire Force Chaplain Army Chaplains' Department
More about Rupert Edward Inglis -
Born 1891
Died 1918
British Army 1827 Private Welsh Guards
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers
More about Fred Leonard Perrett -
Born 1873
Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3229 10th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 2nd Regiment, Auckland Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32513 Company Sergeant-Major 10th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 2nd Regiment, Auckland Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about David Gallaher -
Born 1888
Died 1916
British Army Trooper Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 2nd Highland Brigade
British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
More about David Dickie Howie -
Born 1877
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant 6th Dragoons
British Army Lieutenant 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling)
More about John Argentine Campbell -
Died 1914
British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion
More about Albert Luvian Wade -
Born 1883
Died 1915
British Army 5711 Private Gloucestershire Regiment
British Army 5711 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment
More about Henry Berry -
Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment
British Army Temporary Captain East Yorkshire Regiment
British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment
More about Arthur James Dingle -
Born 1887
Died 1917
British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers
British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers
More about William Victor Edwards -
Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
More about Robert Balderston Burgess -
Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers
British Army Royal Engineers 136 Army Troops Company
More about Vincent Mcnamara -
Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion
More about William Purdon Geen -
Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders
British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders
More about David Mclaren Bain -
Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Alfred Squire Taylor