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 35Starmer-Smith, p. 42 Henry Berry; (4) died on 9 May 1915, Aged 32. Henry Brougham, died on 18 February 1923 (of war wounds), Aged 34. Arthur James Dingle; (3) died on 22 August 1915, Aged 23CWGC Dingle George Eric Burroughs Dobbs, (1) died on 17 June 1917, Aged 32.CWGC Dodds Leonard Haigh, (7) died on 6 August 1916 Aged 29.CWGC – Haigh Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands, (2) ("Reggie Hands") died on 20 April 1918, Aged 29 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 Harold Augustus Hodges; (2) died on 24 March 1918, Aged 32CWGC – Hodges Rupert Edward Inglis; (3) died on 18 September 1916, Aged 53CWGC – Inglis Percy Dale Kendall; (3) died on 21 January 1915, Aged 34CWGC – Kendall John Abbott King; (12) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 32King – CWGC entry Ronald Lagden; (1) died on 3 March 1915, Aged 26 Douglas Lambert; (7) died on 13 October 1915, Aged 32CWGC – Lambert Alfred Frederick Maynard; (3) died on 13 November 1916, Aged 22CWGC – Maynard Edgar Roberts Mobbs, (7) ("Mobbsy") died on 29 July 1917, Aged 37 William Moore Bell Nanson; (2) died on 4 June 1915, Aged 34CWGC – Nanson Francis Eckley Oakeley; (4) died on 25 November 1914, Aged 23CWGC – Oakeley Robert Pillman; (1) died on 9 July 1916, Aged 23CWGC – Pillman Ronald William Poulton-Palmer, (17) ("Ronnie Poulton") died on 5 May 1915, Aged 25 John Raphael, (9+1) died on 11 June 1917, Aged 35 Reginald Oscar Schwarz MC, ("Reggie Schwarz") (3) died on 18 November 1918, Aged 43 Schwarz also played cricket for South Africa and rugby union for England. Lancelot Slocock; (8) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 29 Francis Nathaniel Tarr; (4) died on 18 July 1915, Aged 27CWGC – Tarr Alexander Todd, (2+4) died on 21 April 1915, Aged 41 James Henry Digby Watson; (3) died on 15 October 1914, Aged 24.CWGC – Watson Charles Edward Wilson; (1) died on 17 September 1914, Aged 43 Arthur James Wilson, (1) died on 1 July 1917, Aged 29
Second World War There were 15 players killed in the Second World War: Brian Black (10+5)CWGC – Black Lewis Booth (7)CWGC – Booth Paul Cooke (2)CWGC – Cooke Vivian Gordon Davies (2)CWGC – Davies H.D. Freakes (3) R.A. Gerrard (14) W. G. E. Luddington (13) Mike Marshall (5)CWGC – Marshall John Selwyn Moll (2 Lions caps) Alexander Obolensky (4) Ernest Ian Parsons(1)CWGC – Parsons Henry Rew (10+4)CWGC – Rew Christopher Champain Tanner (5)CWGC – Tanner Derek Edmund Teden (3)CWGC – Teden 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