I suppose that being detachable makes it easier to maintain and repair. Gareth
His casualty record doesn't help - it looks like he was killed on 21.14.14! The middle number certainly doesn't look like a 9. Other references...
This is one of a series of posts to mark the international Rugby players who died during The Great War. If anyone has further information on the men...
What we've found out is enough for me. It was certainly Andrew who served in the RDF and died in Melbourne. 'Arthur' must have been a mistake....
"He was awarded the Military Cross" I don't know about the MC - there's no mention of it in his Service Record at the National Archives. Gareth
Sutherland, Walter Riddell played for Scotland Internationals: 13 : 1910 W- E- ; 1911 F- E- (1t) ; 1912 F+ (2t) W- E+ (1t) SA- ; 1913 F+ W- I+ E-...
Thanks for the extra detail. Gareth
If only it was one of those out of print volumes available online! Sigh Gareth
Thanks for the photo. Gareth
Here's a photograph. Gareth
I did read somewhere about the surprise of the All Blacks when they played their first match in Australia against numbered opponents, though the NZRU...
It looks like reports of his death were rather exaggerated! He went on to live in Melbourne. (Though Barry Humphries did once remark of...
We may be on the way to solving a mystery here! His name is Arthur in all the Rugby histories that I've seen. The 1971 Centenary History of the...
In 2001 four pupils from Ynysawdre School wrote An Exceptional Young Welshman, an autobiographical booklet of H W Thomas. Gareth
Westacott, David played for Wales Internationals: 1: 1906 I- David Westacott was born in 1882. Played as a Forward for: Grange National...
Phillips, Louis Augustus played for Wales Internationals: 4 : 1900 E+ S+ I+ ; 1901 S- Louis Phillips was born on 24 February 1878, in Newport,...
Williams, Richard Davies Garnons played for Wales (Garnons-Williams in the CWGC Register) Internationals: 1: 1881 E- Richard Williams was...
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