Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War
Among the million plus British and Empire soldiers that fell in the slaughter of The Great War were an elite band of International Rugby players.

Tragically, over 130 caps from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and France - lost their lives on land, in the air and at sea.

Even their legendary strength, fitness and courage were not enough to spare and save them.

The book will contain a brief history of International Rugby up to and including The First World War and there will be biographies of each player along with their individual and team photographs. Details of the manner of their death, their burial place and any memorials will also be included, alongside their international playing record.

Nigel McCrery is best known for his crime writing but his previously published works reflect his interest in The Great War, notably All The Kings Men, a best seller and successful film starring David Jason.
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Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War
Among the million plus British and Empire soldiers that fell in the slaughter of The Great War were an elite band of International Rugby players.

Tragically, over 130 caps from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and France - lost their lives on land, in the air and at sea.

Even their legendary strength, fitness and courage were not enough to spare and save them.

The book will contain a brief history of International Rugby up to and including The First World War and there will be biographies of each player along with their individual and team photographs. Details of the manner of their death, their burial place and any memorials will also be included, alongside their international playing record.

Nigel McCrery is best known for his crime writing but his previously published works reflect his interest in The Great War, notably All The Kings Men, a best seller and successful film starring David Jason.
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Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War

Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War

by Nigel McCrery
Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War

Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War

by Nigel McCrery

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Overview

Among the million plus British and Empire soldiers that fell in the slaughter of The Great War were an elite band of International Rugby players.

Tragically, over 130 caps from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and France - lost their lives on land, in the air and at sea.

Even their legendary strength, fitness and courage were not enough to spare and save them.

The book will contain a brief history of International Rugby up to and including The First World War and there will be biographies of each player along with their individual and team photographs. Details of the manner of their death, their burial place and any memorials will also be included, alongside their international playing record.

Nigel McCrery is best known for his crime writing but his previously published works reflect his interest in The Great War, notably All The Kings Men, a best seller and successful film starring David Jason.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399020107
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 03/23/2023
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x (d)

About the Author

Born in 1953, Nigel McCrery travelled extensively during his childhood as his father was in the RAF. They settled in Nottingham.

He served in the Nottinghamshire Constabulary between 1978 and 1987. He then read History at Trinity College, Cambridge and joined the BBC graduate entry course. He has written or been responsible for a number of highly successful BBC series and films including Silent Witness, New Tricks and All The King’s Men. He has written over a dozen novels: Into Touch - Rugby Players Killed in The Great War; Final Wicket - Cricketers Killed in The Great War; The Coming Storm – Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two; and The Extinguished Flame - Olympians Killed in the Great War.

Nigel lives in Nottingham.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xi

Australia 1

1660 Private Harold Wesley George, 10-5-15 2

Captain Bryan Desmond Hughes MC, 6-8-18 4

448 Private Herbert (or Hubert) A. Jones, 4-11-16 5

321 Sergeant Edward Rennix Larkin, 25-4-15 6

Major Blair Inskip Swannell, 25-4-15 8

29167 Gunner William George (Twit) Tasker, 9-8-18 10

1624 Private Frederick H. Thompson, 29-5-15 12

Captain Cuthbert Arthur (Jack) Verge, 8-9-15 13

Captain Clarence (Clarrie Doss) Wallach MC, 22-4-18 14

British Isles 17

Captain Quartermaster Charles Young Adamson, 17-9-18 18

28164 Corporal Sidney Nelson Crowther, 18-10-14 20

England 21

Second Lieutenant Harry Alexander, 17-10-15 22

5711 Corporal Henry Berry, 9-5-15 24

Major Henry Brougham, 18-2-23 26

Captain Arthur James (Mud) Dingle, 22-8-15 27

Lieutenant Colonel George Eric Burroughs Dobbs, 17-6-17 29

M2/194121 Officer Cadet Leonard Haigh, 6-8-16 31

Captain Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands, 20-4-18 33

Lieutenant Commander Arthur Leyland Harrison VC, 23-4-18 35

Captain Harold Augustus Hodges, 24-3-18 38

The Reverend Rupert Edward Inglis, 18-9-16 40

Lieutenant Percy Dale (Toggie) Kendall, 25-1-15 42

357176 Lance Corporal John Abbott King, 9-8-16 44

Captain Ronald Owen Lagden, 3-3-15 46

Second Lieutenant Douglas (Danny) Lambert, 13-10-15 48

Lieutenant Alfred Frederick Maynard, 13-11-16 50

Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Roberts Mobbs DSO, 31-7-17 52

1745 Sergeant William (Billy) Moore Bell Nanson, 4-6-15 54

Lieutenant Francis Eckley Oakeley, 1-12-14 56

Lieutenant Ronald William Poulton-Palmer, 5-5-15 58

Captain Robert Lawrence Pillman, 9-7-16 60

Lieutenant John Edward Raphael, 11-6-17 62

Major Reginald (Reggie) Oscar Schwarz MC, 18-11-18 64

Second Lieutenant Lancelot Andrew Noel Slocock, 9-8-16 66

Lieutenant Francis Tarr, 18-7-15 68

Lieutenant Alexander Findlater Todd, 21-4-15 71

Surgeon James Henry-Digby (Bungy) Watson, 15-10-14 73

8074 Private Arthur Wilson, 1-7-17 75

Captain Charles Edward Wilson Legion d'Honneur, 17-9-14 77

France 79

Lieutenant Rene Emile Henri Boudreaux, 8-9-15 80

Private Second Class Marie Jean-Baptiste Joseph Anduran, 2-10-14 81

Lieutenant Maurice Jean-Paul Boyau, 16-9-18 82

Lieutenant Jean Jacques Conilh De Beyssac, 13-6-18 85

Lieutenant Marcel Henry Burgun CdG, 2-9-16 86

Corporal Paul Henri Descamps, 27-6-15 88

Lieutenant Julien Dufau, 28-12-16 89

Private Paul Dupre, 31-3-16 91

Sous Lieutenant Albert Victor (Eutrope), 26-5-15 92

Captain Marc Giacardy, 20-8-17 93

Lieutenant Pierre Guillemin, 18-8-15 94

Sergeant Maurice (Putty) Hédembaigt, 5-8-18 95

Corporal Emmanuel Francois Iguinitz, 20-9-14 96

Lieutenant Medical Officer Daniel Ihingoue, 16-4-17 97

Lieutenant Henri Isaac, 20-6-17 98

Sergeant Jean Pierre Henri Lacassagne, 14-9-18 99

Private Gaston Ernest Lane, 23-9-14 101

Sergeant Jean Aime Larribau, 31-12-16 103

Sergeant Marcel Legrain, 27-6-15 104

Sergeant Adjudant Alfred (Maysso) Mayssonnié, 6-9-14 105

Jean-Sergieant François Poeydebasque, 21-9-14 106

Ireland 107

Major William John Beatty OBE, 10-2-19 108

Second Lieutenant Jasper Thomas Brett, 4-2-17 109

Captain Robert Balderston Burgess, 9-12-15 111

Captain Ernest Cotton Deane MC, 25-9-15 113

Captain William Victor Edwards, 29-12-17 115

Colonel William Hallaran, 23-1-17 117

Captain Basil Maclear, 24-5-15 118

Lieutenant George Herbert McAllan, 14-12-18 121

Second Lieutenant Vincent McNamara, 29-11-15 122

Major Robertson Stewart Smyth MD, 5-4-16 124

Major Albert Lewis Stewart DSO, 4-10-17 126

Captain Alfred Squire Taylor, 31-7-17 128

New Zealand 129

29720 Private James Alexander Steenson Band, 7-6-17 130

9/2048 Corporal Robert (Bobby) Stanley Black, 21-9-16 131

11/448 Sergeant Henry (Norkey) Dewar, 9-8-15 132

54336 Lance Sergeant Ernest (Ernie) Henry Dodd, 11-9-18 134

10/2119 Sergeant Albert (Doolan) Joseph Downing, 8-8-15 136

32513 Sergeant David Gallaher, 4-10-17 138

35694 Trooper Eric Tristram Harper, 30-4-18 141

27561 Private James McNeece 21-6-17 143

72271 Rifleman Alexander James Ridland, 5-11-18 145

26923 Private George Maurice Victor Sellars, 7-6-17 147

8/2738 Lance Corporal Reginald Taylor, 20-647 149

426516 Sergeant Hubert Sydney (Jum) Turtill, 9-4-18 151

Scotland 153

Lieutenant Cecil Halliday Abercrombie, 31-5-16 154

Captain David McLaren Bain, 3-6-15 156

Surgeon David Revell (Darkie) Bedell-Sivright, 5-9-15 158

Second Lieutenant Patrick Charles Bentley Blair, 6-7-15 161

Lieutenant John Argentine Campbell, 1-12-17 163

Captain William Campbell Church, 29-6-15 165

Lieutenant Walter Michael Dickson, 26-9-15 167

John Dobs, 30-12-15 169

Major Walter (Wattie) Torrie Forrest MC, 19-4-17 170

Captain Rowland Fraser, 1-7-16 172

Major Roland Elphinstone Gordon MC, 30-8-18 174

Lieutenant James Young (JY) Milne Henderson, 31-7-17 176

Lieutenant David Dickie Howie, 19-1-16 178

Lieutenant James Laidlaw Huggan, 16-9-14 180

Captain William Ramsay Hutchison, 22-3-18 182

Lieutenant Colonel George Alexander Walker Lamond, 25-2-18 184

Lieutenant Eric (Puss) Milroy, 18-6-16 186

Captain Thomas Arthur Nelson, 9-4-17 188

Private James (Peary) Pearson, 22-5-15 190

Captain Lewis Robertson, 3-11-14 192

75027 Sergeant Andrew Ross, 6-4-16 194

2565 Private James (Jimmy) Ross, 31-10-14 196

Lieutenant Ronald Francis Simson, 14-9-14 198

Lieutenant Stephen Sebastian Lombard (Beak) Steyn, 8-12-17 200

Second Lieutenant Walter Riddell Sutherland (Wattle Suddie), 4-10-18 202

Lieutenant Frederick Harding (Tanky) Turner, 10-1-15 205

Lieutenant Albert Luvian Wade, 28-4-17 208

Lieutenant John George Will, 25-3-17 210

Lieutenant William Middleton Wallace, 22-8-15 213

Lieutenant Commander John Skinner Wilson, 31-5-16 215

Captain Eric Templeton Young, 28-6-15 217

South Africa 219

Captain Adam Francis Burdett, 4-11-18 220

6004 Sergeant Septimus (Sep) Heyns Ledger, 12-4-17 221

Captain Tobias (Toby) Mortimer Moll, 14/15-7-16 223

1455 Private Jan (Jackie) Willem Hurter Morkel, 15-5-16 224

3744 Private Gerald W. (Tommy) Thompson, 20-6-16 225

United States of America 227

Lieutenant Frank Jacob (Deke) Gard, 27-9-18 228

Wales 231

Lieutenant Colonel Richard Davies Garnons-Williams, 27-9-15 232

Second Lieutenant William (Billy) Purdon Geen, 31-7-15 234

Major Brinley (Bryn) Richard Lewis, 2-4-17 236

Lieutenant Hopkin (Hop) Thomas Maddock MC, 21-12-21 238

Second Lieutenant Fred Leonard Perrett, 1-12-18 240

Sergeant Louis (Lou) Augustus Phillips, 14-3-16 242

Captain Charles Meyrick Pritchard, 14-8-16 244

Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor MVO, 24-1-15 246

24093 Company Sergeant Major Edward John Richard (Dick) Thomas, 7-7-16 248

Second Lieutenant Horace Wyndham Thomas, 3-9-16 250

Second Lieutenant Philip (Phil) Dudley Waller, 14-12-17 252

Corporal David Watts, 14-7-16 254

Private David (Dai) Westacott, 28-8-17 256

Captain John Lewis Williams, 12-7-16 258

Bibliography 260

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