2LT A R Lapp, of No 3 TDS RFC, was flying DH 5 B4943 when he was killed. Gareth
Annie Yes, I have him. He gained four caps for Ireland (on the losing side each time): in 1920 he played v Scotland, Wales (scored a dropped...
Annie Thanks. He was a colourful character, wasn't he? Gareth
Annie Thanks for the photograph. Gareth
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...
Annie I's better than mine! Thank you. Gareth
Unusually, this man played for Great Britain on their Australian tour in 1899, but not for England, his home country. Gareth Adamson, Charles...
This is the first of what will be a long series of posts to mark the international Rugby players who lost their lives in the Great War. I will be...
All right, I'll steadily work through the records. Gareth
Yes, and not very, are the answers. See Mephisto by Mark Whitmore (ISBN 0 7242 3388 1) the story of the only surviving A7V, which is now on...
At what stage of the War? In 1914-1916 the RFC would have been overwhelmingly UK-dominated. However, I believe that the statement is true for the...
Annie Thanks for the prompt. Yes, I do have information on those All Blacks. If you think there would be sufficient interest, I could post...
From my notes on international Rugby players who served: Gallaher, David New Zealand Internationals: 6 : 1903 Australia + ; 1904 Great...
I see what you mean, but technically I think that Australia's first action in the Great War was firing on the German steamer Pfalz in Port Phillip...
The tragic story of Sub Lt Edwin Dyett is covered in Leonard Sellers' For God's Sake Shoot Straight!, ISBN 0 85052 470 9. It's worth reading....
I saw the coverage on the ABC's 7:30 Report about the statue of Major Towner that has just been unveiled in Blackall thanks to the efforts of a...
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