For other uses, see John Will.
John George Will (died on 25 March 1917, aged 24) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was killed in World War I[1] an air battle over Arras.[2]
He played for Cambridge University RFC and was capped for Scotland in 1912-14.[1]
Will had played in the last match before the war, the Calcutta Cup match at Inverleith (Edinburgh), alongside James Huggan who had died in 1914, and Frederick Harding Turner[2]
See also[]
- List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War
- David Bedell-Sivright
- Eric Milroy
- rugby union
- Ronald Simson
- Walter Sutherland
References[]
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bath, p109
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)
External links[]
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