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
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
- 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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