List of Wales rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars
This is a List of Wales international rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars:
First World War[]
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Johnnie Williams the most capped player to be killed
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[]
- ^ (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
Categories:
- Lists of Wales international rugby union players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War II
- Lists of international rugby union players killed in World War I
- United Kingdom in World War II-related lists
- Wales in World War I
- Wales in World War II
- Lists of people killed in World War II