Thomas Johnson-Smyth Explained

Thomas Johnson-Smyth
Birth Date:12 June 1857
Birth Place:Lisburn, Ireland
Death Place:Natal, South Africa
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1882
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Thomas Roger Johnson-Smyth (12 June 1857 — 5 February 1900) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Lisburn, Johnson-Smyth was a forward and gained his solitary Ireland cap against England at Lansdowne Road in 1882. He served as a captain with the Frontier Field Force in Sudan during the 1880s. In the Second Boer War, Johnson-Smyth was a major in the 1st Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry and was killed in the Battle of Vaal Krantz.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Victims of the War . . 17 February 1900.
  2. News: Major Thomas R. Johnson-Smyth . . 18 February 1900.