This is a List of Wales international rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars:
First World War
Thirteen were killed in the First World War (Palenski also includes Hopkin Maddock who died on 15 December 1921 from war wounds) [1]
- Billy Geen (3 caps)
- Bryn Lewis (2 caps)
- Fred Perrett (5 caps)
- Lou Phillips (4 caps)
- Charlie Pritchard (14 caps)
- C. G. Taylor (9 caps)
- E.J. Thomas (4 caps)
- Horace Thomas (2 caps)
- Phil Waller (6 caps)
- David Watts (4 caps)
- Dai Westacott (1 cap)
- Johnnie L. Williams (17 caps)
- Richard Garnons Williams (1 cap)
Second World War
Three were killed in the Second World War:
- Cecil Rhys Davies (1 cap)
- John R Evans (1 cap)
- Maurice J.L. Turnbull (2 caps)
References
- ^ Ron Palenski (2011). Last Post: Rugby’s Wartime Roll Call. New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. ISBN 978 0 473 18323 3.
See also
- List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War
- List of Scotland rugby union players killed in the World Wars
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