Just as an aside .... it's amazing to me how many rugby players are the sons of Reverends !!
Horace Thomas made his Wales debut in the 3-0 defeat by the Springboks in Cardiff in 1912. He served in the Calcutta Harbour Defence Force while...
Lou Phillips helped Wales win the Triple Crown in 1900. When war broke out he refused a commission and enlisted in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He...
Richard Davies Garnons Williams (15 June 1856 - 25 September 1915) Was a Welsh international rugby union and forward who played club rugby for...
Richard Williams won his only cap in the first Welsh team against England in 1881. A soldier before World War 1, he rose to the rank of Major in...
These are his mentions in the Gazette ! :) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28886/pages/6903...
Thought this maybe of interest ! :) http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/features/newsid=2031526.html
March 21, 1914 The England XV for the match against Scotland in 1914. Alfred Maynard, Arthur Dingle, Bungy Watson, Cyril Lowe, Sidney Smart, G...
John Jackson Story A Selborne, East London woman, Noreen Boltman considers all the hullabaloo about the Springbok emblem is a lot of nonsense as...
I found a picture of him in uniform .... ( Rugby Memorabilia )
I found a picture of him in uniform ...... ( Rugby Memorabilla site )
Donald McLeod, born in Laurieston near Falkirk on May 28, 1882, played for Stenhousemuir before he joined Glasgow Celtic in 1902, where he developed...
And Aled found his obituary for me ....... 15th Nov 1955
Robert Atherton was born in Bethesda (Caernarfonshire) on July 29, 1876, but spent his childhood in Scotland, where he also attended school and high...
.................. Squad numbers on the backs of jerseys In 1911 there was a sensational innovation at a local "Australian Football" match in...
Rab Howell, the son of a tinker, was born in a caravan, in Sheffield on 12th October 1869. He played football for Ecclesfield and Rotherham Swifts...
I didn't even notice that Sherlock !! .......... maybe he really is Andrew !! :rolleyes: We'll have to wait until Gareth comes back on .............
I found a picture ....
That's what Kyt said !! :) great minds think alike !! The only thing I can think of is ..... that the "C" is a "G" and it would be the Royal Scots...
Check this that Phil found .... same birth date !! .... he also found a funeral notice for Andrew in Australia in 1945 !! Andrew Newton England...
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