List Of Scottish Rugby Union Players Killed In World War II
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The following is a list of former international Scottish rugby union players killed in the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
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Tom Dorward Thomas Fairgrieve Dorward (27 March 1916, Galashiels – 5 March 1941, Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire) was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p138Scum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010 He died as the result of wounds re ...
, died on 5 March 1941 * Drummond Ford, died on 12 December 1942 * John Forrest, died on 14 September 1942 * George Gallie, died on 16 January 1944 * D.K.A. MacKenzie, died on 12 June 1940 * Alastair McNeil, died on 26 January 1944 *
Patrick Munro Patrick Munro (9 October 1883 – 3 May 1942), also known as Pat Munro, was a Scotland international rugby union player and later a British Conservative politician.Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010 Rugby union career Amateur ...
, died on 3 May 1942, aged 58 * William Penman, died on 3 October 1943 * William Renwick, died on 15 June 1944 * James Ritchie, died on 6 July 1942 * George Roberts, died on 2 August 1943 *
William Alexander Ross William Alexander Ross (15 November 1913 – 28 September 1942) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who was killed in World War II.Bath, p. 109Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010 He was capped twice for in 1937 at ...
, died on 28 September 1942 * Archibald Symington, died on 8 May 1941


See also

* List of Scotland rugby union players killed in World War I *
Eric Liddell Eric Henry Liddell (; 16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and Christian missionary. Born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended boarding school near London, spending time when p ...
, who died 21 February 1945, aged 43 in a Japanese camp.


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World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the wor ...
Scotland in World War II
Scottish rugby The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league s ...
Scottish rugby union The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league s ...