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The following is a List of England international rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars . The number of caps they gained is in brackets. Where it is e.g. 9+1, the second number is the number of Lions caps.
First World War
There were 27 players killed in the
First World War .
Harry Alexander ; (7) died on 17 October 1915 Aged 35
[1]
Henry Berry ; (4) died on 9 May 1915, Aged 32.
[1]
Henry Brougham , died on 18 February 1923 (of war wounds), Aged 34.
[1]
Arthur James Dingle ; (3) died on 22 August 1915, Aged 23
[1]
[2]
George Eric Burroughs Dobbs , (1) died on 17 June 1917, Aged 32.
[1]
[3]
Leonard Haigh , (7) died on 6 August 1916 Aged 29.
[1]
[4]
Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands , (2) ("Reggie Hands") died on 20 April 1918, Aged 29
[1] Hands was a South African who played cricket for South Africa and rugby for England.
Arthur Leyland Harrison VC; (2) died on 23 April 1918, Aged 32
[1]
Harold Augustus Hodges ; (2) died on 24 March 1918, Aged 32
[1]
[5]
Rupert Edward Inglis ; (3) died on 18 September 1916, Aged 53
[1]
[6]
Percy Dale Kendall ; (3) died on 21 January 1915, Aged 34
[1]
[7]
John Abbott King ; (12) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 32
[1]
[8]
Ronald Lagden ; (1) died on 3 March 1915, Aged 26
[1]
[9]
Douglas Lambert ; (7) died on 13 October 1915, Aged 32
[1]
[10]
Alfred Frederick Maynard ; (3) died on 13 November 1916, Aged 22
[1]
[11]
Edgar Roberts Mobbs , (7) ("Mobbsy") died on 29 July 1917, Aged 37
[1]
William Moore Bell Nanson ; (2) died on 4 June 1915, Aged 34
[1]
[12]
Francis Eckley Oakeley ; (4) died on 25 November 1914, Aged 23
[1]
[13]
Robert Pillman ; (1) died on 9 July 1916, Aged 23
[1]
[14]
Ronald William Poulton-Palmer , (17) ("Ronnie Poulton") died on 5 May 1915, Aged 25
[1]
John Raphael , (9+1) died on 11 June 1917, Aged 35
[1]
[15]
Reginald Oscar Schwarz MC, ("Reggie Schwarz") (3) died on 18 November 1918, Aged 43
[1] Schwarz also played cricket for South Africa and rugby union for England.
Lancelot Slocock ; (8) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 29
[1]
Francis Nathaniel Tarr ; (4) died on 18 July 1915, Aged 27
[1]
[16]
Alexander Todd , (2+4) died on 21 April 1915, Aged 41
[1]
James Henry Digby Watson ; (3) died on 15 October 1914, Aged 24.
[1]
[17]
Charles Edward Wilson ; (1) died on 17 September 1914, Aged 43
Arthur James Wilson , (1) died on 1 July 1917, Aged 29
[1]
Second World War
There were 15 players killed in the
Second World War :
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