W. G. E. Luddington
William George Ernest Luddington (8 February 1894 – 10 January 1941rugby union footballer who gained 13 caps between 1922 and 1926. He was a goal-kicking fly-half or centre, playing for Devonport Services and the Royal Navy.
(aged 46)) was an England internationalHe served as a Master-at-arms in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and was killed, aged 46, during the attack by Axis aircraft on HMS Illustrious on 10 January 1941. Having no known grave, he is listed on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.[1]
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- War Service
- Rugby stats (NB position is wrong)
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- 1894 births
- 1941 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Royal Navy sailors
- Royal Navy personnel killed in World War II
- Deaths by airstrike during World War II
- English rugby union biography stubs