Albert Wade | |
Birth Name: | Albert Luvian Wade |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1884[1] |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland[2] |
Death Place: | Oppy Wood, Arras, France |
Ru Position: | Scrum-half |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 1 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | Pts:0; Tries:0; Conv:0; Pens:0; Drop:0 |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1908 |
School: | Dulwich College |
Lt. Albert Luvian Wade (20 September 1884 – 28 April 1917) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was killed in World War I.[3]
Wade, known as Bertie, was born in Glasgow. He attended Dulwich College, where he captained the First XV.[1]
He played for London Scottish FC and was capped for on 21 March 1908,[3] at Inverleith in the Scotland vs match which was won by Scotland.
Wade was killed at Oppy Wood, near Arras on 28 April 1917, whilst serving as a Lieutenant in 17th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment, on temporary attachment to a trench mortar battery. He was 32 years of age and has no known grave, being commemorated on the Arras Memorial.