This is one of a series of posts to mark the international Rugby players who served in, and survived, The Great War. If anyone has further...
A tragic way to go, after all he had lived through, and made worse by his wife (and mother of the children) being killed at the same time. Gareth
Capt R P Hemphill of No 21 Reserve Squadron RFC, based at Heliopolis, was killed in an accident on 24 March 1917 while flying in a Maurice Farman...
I think that it would have to be him. Gareth
To What End Did They Die? mentions that there's a photograph of 2Lt W F C Mc Garry in The War Illustrated of 13 November 1915. Gareth
Annie Thanks for that. Not being a cricket fan, I've never delved into that aspect of the men's careers. Gareth
A little more: he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 4th Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 16 January 1901, and promoted to Captain in...
Alas, not so far, aside from a team photograph of the 1904 Great Britain tourists. He's fifth from the left in the back row. As he didn't play...
Many thanks Gareth
He's another who previously escaped my net. Thanks for finding him. Gareth
Ens A D Sturtevant was the co-pilot of Curtiss H.12B 'Large America' (converted to Flexistowe F.2A) flying boat N4338, flown by Canadian T/Flt Lt...
On 14 August 1918, 1Lt A F Bonnalie was flying DH 9 D1701 'V' of No 211 Sqn RAF, with 2Lt T B Dodwell as observer. They left Petite Synthe aerodrome...
Annie Thanks for sorting out his surname. Gareth
Thank you. He's another player to add to my list of those who served. Gareth
From an article I’ve submitted to the Journal of the Australian Society of WWI Aero Historians about the participants in the 1919 and 1920...
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