The Sportsmen

The Sportsmen

19th February 1916

SECOND LIEUTENANT, FREDERICK LEONARD PERRETT, 17TH WELSH FUSILERS. AN OUTSTANDING WELSH INTERNATIONAL, RUGBY PROP FORWARD, WHO ALSO PLAYED RUGBY LEAGUE FOR HULL FC. FRED WAS BORN IN NEATH, ON THE 9TH MAY 1891. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE NORA GLADYS PERRETT, AT 118 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL, NOT FAR FROM THE RUGBY GROUND. AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, HE ENLISTED IN THE WELSH GUARDS AND SERVED IN FRANCE FROM THE THE 19TH FEBRUARY 1916. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 17TH ROYAL WELSH FUSILIER'S BATTALION. HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE BOULONGE HOSPITAL, ON THE 1ST DECEMBER 1918, AGED 27. FRED PERRETT WON FIVE CAPS FOR WALES AND WAS ONE OF 13 WELSH INTERNATIONAL RUGBY PLAYERS WHO DIED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

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    Born 1891

    Died 1918

    British Army 1827 Private Welsh Guards

    British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers