Albert Luvian Wade Explained

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]

Early life

Wade, known as Bertie, was born in Glasgow. He attended Dulwich College, where he captained the First XV.[1]

Rugby union career

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.

Military service

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: McCrery . Nigel . Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War . 2014 . Pen and Sword . 9781781590874 . 208 . en.
  2. http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/1960.html Albert Wade Profile on scrum.com
  3. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany, p. 109. (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007)