List of England rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars explained

The following is a List of England international rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars. The number of caps they gained is in brackets. Where it is e.g. 9+1, the second number is the number of Lions caps.

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First World War

There were 27 players killed in the First World War.

• Harry Alexander; (7) died on 17 October 1915 Aged 35^[1]
• Henry Berry; (4) died on 9 May 1915, Aged 32.^[1]
• Henry Brougham, died on 18 February 1923 (of war wounds), Aged 34.^[1]
• Arthur James Dingle; (3) died on 22 August 1915, Aged 23^{[1] [2]}
• George Eric Burroughs Dobbs, (1) died on 17 June 1917, Aged 32.^{[1] [3]}
• Leonard Haigh, (7) died on 6 August 1916 Aged 29.^{[1] [4]}
• Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands, (2) ("Reggie Hands") died on 20 April 1918, Aged 29^[1] Hands was a South African who played cricket for South Africa and rugby for England.
• Arthur Leyland Harrison VC; (2) died on 23 April 1918, Aged 32^[1]
• Harold Augustus Hodges; (2) died on 24 March 1918, Aged 32^{[1] [5]}
• Rupert Edward Inglis; (3) died on 18 September 1916, Aged 53^{[1] [6]}
• Percy Dale Kendall; (3) died on 21 January 1915, Aged 34^{[1] [7]}
• John Abbott King; (12) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 32^{[1] [8]}
• Ronald Lagden; (1) died on 3 March 1915, Aged 26^{[1] [9]}
• Douglas Lambert; (7) died on 13 October 1915, Aged 32^{[1] [10]}
• Alfred Frederick Maynard; (3) died on 13 November 1916, Aged 22^{[1] [11]}
• Edgar Roberts Mobbs, (7) ("Mobbsy") died on 29 July 1917, Aged 37^[1]
• William Moore Bell Nanson; (2) died on 4 June 1915, Aged 34^{[1] [12]}
• Francis Eckley Oakeley; (4) died on 25 November 1914, Aged 23^{[1] [13]}
• Robert Pillman; (1) died on 9 July 1916, Aged 23^{[1] [14]}
• Ronald William Poulton-Palmer, (17) ("Ronnie Poulton") died on 5 May 1915, Aged 25^[1]
• John Raphael, (9+1) died on 11 June 1917, Aged 35^{[1] [15]}
• Reginald Oscar Schwarz MC, ("Reggie Schwarz") (3) died on 18 November 1918, Aged 43^[1] Schwarz also played cricket for South Africa and rugby union for England.
• Lancelot Slocock; (8) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 29^[1]
• Francis Nathaniel Tarr; (4) died on 18 July 1915, Aged 27^{[1] [16]}
• Alexander Todd, (2+4) died on 21 April 1915, Aged 41^[1]
• James Henry Digby Watson; (3) died on 15 October 1914, Aged 24.^{[1] [17]}
• Charles Edward Wilson; (1) died on 17 September 1914, Aged 43
• Arthur James Wilson, (1) died on 1 July 1917, Aged 29^[1]

Second World War

There were 15 players killed in the Second World War:

• Brian Black (10+5)^[18]
• Lewis Alfred Booth (7)^[19]
• Paul Cooke (2)^[20]
• Vivian Gordon Davies (2)^[21]
• H.D. Freakes (3)
• R.A. Gerrard (14)
• W. G. E. Luddington (13)
• Robert Michall Marshall (5)^[22]
• John Selwyn Moll (2 Lions caps)^[23]
• Alexander Obolensky (4)
• Ernest Ian Parsons(1)^[24]
• Henry Rew (10+4)^[25]
• Christopher Champain Tanner (5)^[26]
• Derek Edmund Teden (3)^[27]
• N.A. Wodehouse (14)

See also

• List of international rugby union players killed in World War I

References

• Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby – A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986)

External links

• Rugby at War

Notes and References

1. Starmer-Smith, p. 42
2. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/695210 CWGC Dingle
3. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/435232 CWGC Dodds
4. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2747416 CWGC – Haigh
5. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/580662 CWGC – Hodges
6. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/794926 CWGC – Inglis
7. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2938604 CWGC – Kendall
8. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/798384 King – CWGC entry
9. Web site: Ronald Lagden. The Rugby History Society.
10. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/733766 CWGC – Lambert
11. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/805653 CWGC – Maynard
12. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/689171 CWGC – Nanson
13. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2871773 CWGC – Oakeley
14. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/92505 CWGC – Pillman
15. Web site: John Raphael. Cricinfo.
16. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/490766 CWGC – Tarr
17. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3050330 CWGC – Watson
18. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2710462 CWGC – Black
19. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530101 CWGC – Booth
20. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2775873 CWGC – Cooke
21. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2435128 CWGC – Davies
22. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2484087 CWGC – Marshall
23. Web site: Captain JOHN SELWYN MOLL. 2023-11-11 .
24. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2278514 CWGC – Parsons
25. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2211516 CWGC – Rew
26. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2497837 CWGC – Tanner
27. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808585 CWGC – Teden