1914 English Rugby Team

[Subdeacon Joe]

Pictured: The England rugby team pose for a last

photograph just months before being called up to fight in the First

World War where seven of them would perish

 

At first sight, the photograph is unremarkable - a grainy black and white image of 15 young men in a rugby team.

They are a team of some note: it is the England rugby squad, posing as they

prepare for what was to be a 16-15 victory over Scotland.

But what makes the photograph stand out is the date, and the fate of those

young men. They played for their country in 1914, and within just a few

short months many of them would be called up to fight - and die - for

their country in the Great War.

Now, 100 years after the war began, a unique sporting project celebrating

the lives and deaths of these men, along with every Rugby Union player

killed during the First World War, will be published.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2531055/Pictured-The-England-rugby-team-pose-photograph-just-months-called-fight-First-World-War-seven-perish.html#ixzz2p1OfwwuK

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619]

I was a Rugby player for several years, and 40 years ago founded a Rugby club that still is going strong. Love the game. Thanks for the post.