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...
There must be a good chance that he was serving under an assumed name, but the details are no doubt lost in time. Gareth
I'm pretty sure that Noel Chavasse played Rugby for Liverpool RFC before the War. Gareth
I couldn't get the photograph thumbnails to open when I first looked at this post, but things are working now. The wings in the first photograph...
Taubes or, to be more correct, Tauben were German and Austro-Hungarian pre-War monoplanes that resembled the shape of a dove (Taube = dove)....
The aeroplanes look to be Curtiss JN-4s, often known as 'Jennies'. Gareth
Thanks. I'd managed to identify Boyau and Morkel in the photo, but was finding the rest of them a bit difficult. Gareth
It's very interesting indeed, at least to us Rugby tragics. The jerseys are definitely French, and some of the men's faces are familiar, but not...
Marvellous! I like the tackling style - but how do you arrange for your opponent to stand still long enough for you to get into position? Gareth
Annie Thanks for the regimental information, perhaps another mystery is solved. I'd attach a photograph if I could work out how to do so....
Annie Thanks for the extra information. Gareth
Annie Thank you for the link. It's all information that adds to the man's history. Regards Gareth
Some books worth reading on the intervention in North Russia include: Churchill's Crusade by Clifford Kinvig, ISBN 978 84725 021 6; The Day We...
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