Eric Milroy | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Eric MacLeod Milroy 4 December 1887 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died |
18 July 1916 (aged 28) Delville Wood, France |
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Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
Eric "Puss" MacLeod Milroy (4 December 1887 – 18 July 1916) was a Scottish rugby union player who played club rugby for Watsonians and international rugby for Scotland.[1]
He was capped for Scotland between 1910-14[1] and was selected for the 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa.[2] In 1914, he captained Scotland.
Milroy was killed in Delville Wood, France in World War I, while serving with the Black Watch. He was one of 31 Scottish rugby internationals to be killed in action.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bath, p109
- ↑ Bath, p118
- ↑ Fraser, Graham (22 December 2014). "World War One: The story of Scotland's rugby stars". BBC News. BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30519664. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
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