Hal Withers | |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1904 |
Birth Place: | Bengal, India |
Death Place: | Millbank, London, England |
Occupation: | Army officer / Engineer |
School: | Cheltenham College |
Position: | No. 8 |
Repyears1: | 1931 |
Repcaps1: | 5 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Henry Hastings Cavendish Withers (11 October 1904 — 6 September 1948) was a British Army officer, engineer and Ireland international rugby union player of the 1930s.
The son of an Army colonel, Withers was born in Bengal and educated at Cheltenham College.[1]
Withers, a forward, was a product of Army rugby and gained five Ireland caps. He played all of Ireland's 1931 Five Nations fixtures and featured against the touring Springboks at the end of the year.[2]
A graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Withers was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and posted to India in 1934. He served as a garrison engineer in Quetta and in 1940 was decorated with Distinguished Service Order for "gallant and distinguished services" on active service during World War II.[3]