David McLaren Bain
Capt. David McLaren Bain (10 September 1891 – 3 June 1915) was a Scotland rugby union player.
Bain was born in Edinburgh, to William Bain and Edith Frederika McLaren Bain.[1] He played for Oxford University RFC and was capped for Scotland in 1911–14.[2] Bain had captained Scotland against Wales in 1914.[3]
He was killed in France in World War I, while serving with the Gordon Highlanders.[2][3]
See also[]
- List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War
References[]
- ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bath, p. 109
- ^ Jump up to: a b "An entire team wiped out by the Great War". The Scotsman. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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Categories:
- 1891 births
- 1915 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Gordon Highlanders officers
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs
- British Army personnel stubs